Due to the sensationalized Teslas on fire stories, I’ve been wondering when data would show up.
Thanks to intercst, over on METaR, here it is.
I want it on NPI, for reference.
Hybrid Cars Burn More Often Than Electric And Gas-Powered Cars Combined: Study
https://jalopnik.com/hybrid-cars-light-on-fire-more-than-ele…
Analysts from AutoInsuranceEZ examined data from the National Transportation Safety Board to track the number of car fires and compared it to sales data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
**Car type Fires per Total**
**100,000 sold Fires**
**Hybrid. 3,475 16,051**
**Gasoline (ICE) 1,530 199,533**
**Electric vehicles(EV) 25 52**
The study claims these figures are for the entire year of 2021.
Interestingly, the “tone” of the article is kind of “disbelief”?
In 2020, the number of cars recalled due to fire risk:
**Hybrid. 32,100**
**Gas/ICE 1,085,800**
**EVs. 152,000**
This data will change for 2021 (Bolt fire recall).
The stats are surprising due to the coverage EV fires have gotten across many media outlets, including from us. Chalk it up to the novelty of EVs, maybe. It’s really no surprise that electric cars are going to be scrutinized more than their combustion-powered counterparts. But what is most surprising is that among these methods of propulsion, hybrids proved to be the most fire-prone.
Now. Will mainstream media report this information next time an EV burns?
The comments suggest the readers don’t care for the data… and include this snippet:
His unshielded hand got too close (still good 50 cm — almost 2 ft in Freedom Units)
LOLOLOLOL,
ralph how do I get the font size in the tables to be larger? I don’t think I’ve encountered this small size before.