FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE carswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareMBech@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-22 days agoNo but I heard about an electric car burning once, and none of my ice cars have ever combusted, so CLEARLY, electrics are deathtraps /s
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·2 days agoThe difference is in what happens if they do catch fire though. ICE fires can be extinguished. Li battery fires are “wait until it burns out”. It makes a big difference if your car is on a boat.
minus-squarephar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoOr inside your garage. Or a parking deck. Or a repair shop.
No but I heard about an electric car burning once, and none of my ice cars have ever combusted, so CLEARLY, electrics are deathtraps
/s
The difference is in what happens if they do catch fire though. ICE fires can be extinguished. Li battery fires are “wait until it burns out”.
It makes a big difference if your car is on a boat.
Or inside your garage. Or a parking deck. Or a repair shop.