Clean energy they said.

I don't know about anyone but imagine a wheelchair user being stuck inside unable to jump out quickly. This is horrible.

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Elessar · 31-35, M

Yeah, lithium ignitions are nasty. Petrol isn't that much better from the perspective of the person trapped in a vehicle that is burning to ashes, however.

PiecingBabyFaceTogether · 31-35, M

@Elessar But petrol doesn't catch on fire on it's own. I'm glad nobody was inside anyway.

Elessar · 31-35, M

@PiecingBabyFaceTogether Neither does lithium, it's still constrained to the rules of chemistry and physics of course.

Faults that ignite a car spontaneously/unpredictably can happen in an electric one as much as a thermal one. I know people who parked their (regular) cars only to return to a pile of ashes or an active massive fire a few hours later. One in my building, even, a few years ago.

PiecingBabyFaceTogether · 31-35, M

@Elessar I didn't say that can't happen but just the idea of too much batteries makes matters worse in case of a fire.
I heard of such accidents too in normal cars.