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Re: "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself....." And, no, the Stadler's are unlikely to be the next Hindenburg disaster......
Author: BOB2
Date: 04-06-2024 - 09:17
Re: EV FUD for fun and profit
Author: reader
Date: 04-06-2024 - 06:20
Someone I know got a used Chevy Volt and seems to like it. Says it’s good for short and medium range use. Maybe I’m wrong, but I still feel nervous about parking one in a home garage for fear of a battery fire. I know that fires are rare.
Since I use data, math, and science to determine or estimate likely outcomes...
Here's the data on car fire risk by vehicle type...
Electric vehicles: 25 fires per 100,000 sold
Gas-powered cars: 1,530 fires per 100,000 sold
Hybrid cars: 3,475 fires per 100,000 sold
The study also reviewed the number of fire-related vehicle recalls that were “filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2020.” Gas-powered cars had by far the most number of recalls. EVs were second for recalls, and hybrids were a distant third. However, something to keep in mind is that the researchers only collected recall data in 2020, which was before the Chevy Bolt recalls during last year.
This exagerated "danger" about is similar to the nonsense we were fed in the 90's and 2000's about the "risks" of CNG fires in cars and trucks. Actual data showed that CNG vehicles were less prone to fires than gasoline vehicles.
Now, you are hearing the same crap about how "evil" "dangerous" hydrogen, which is a "highly flamable" gas (You know about what happened to the Hindenburg, right?...)... Since this is a rail chat board, we've heard a lot about this sort of nonsense, about hydrogen fuel cell rail vehicles like the "evil" hydrogen fuel cell Stadler's...
As my favorite American philosopher, the late George Carlin, used to like to say: "It's bullshit, and it's bad for you....)
Better safety design of all vehicles has cause the annual number of car fires to fall by nearly 2/3rds since 1980 for all cars.
As another great American once said: "The only thing you have to fear, is fear itself...."
Author: reader
Date: 04-06-2024 - 06:20
Someone I know got a used Chevy Volt and seems to like it. Says it’s good for short and medium range use. Maybe I’m wrong, but I still feel nervous about parking one in a home garage for fear of a battery fire. I know that fires are rare.
Since I use data, math, and science to determine or estimate likely outcomes...
Here's the data on car fire risk by vehicle type...
Electric vehicles: 25 fires per 100,000 sold
Gas-powered cars: 1,530 fires per 100,000 sold
Hybrid cars: 3,475 fires per 100,000 sold
The study also reviewed the number of fire-related vehicle recalls that were “filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2020.” Gas-powered cars had by far the most number of recalls. EVs were second for recalls, and hybrids were a distant third. However, something to keep in mind is that the researchers only collected recall data in 2020, which was before the Chevy Bolt recalls during last year.
This exagerated "danger" about is similar to the nonsense we were fed in the 90's and 2000's about the "risks" of CNG fires in cars and trucks. Actual data showed that CNG vehicles were less prone to fires than gasoline vehicles.
Now, you are hearing the same crap about how "evil" "dangerous" hydrogen, which is a "highly flamable" gas (You know about what happened to the Hindenburg, right?...)... Since this is a rail chat board, we've heard a lot about this sort of nonsense, about hydrogen fuel cell rail vehicles like the "evil" hydrogen fuel cell Stadler's...
As my favorite American philosopher, the late George Carlin, used to like to say: "It's bullshit, and it's bad for you....)
Better safety design of all vehicles has cause the annual number of car fires to fall by nearly 2/3rds since 1980 for all cars.
As another great American once said: "The only thing you have to fear, is fear itself...."
