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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.


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[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

While I agree with your sentiment, the glaring difference is none of the items you listed are used in situations which result in high speed, high mass, and resultantly high energy collisions.

EV fires wouldn't be as newsworthy if Tesla didn't have idiotic door latch mechanisms that trap occupants in their cars. EV fires would be less impactful if they didn't use lithium batteries and if those batteries didn't typically span the bottom of the passenger compartment.