Yeah, for the same reason SUVs are "safer". They weigh a fuck ton more than the average car due to the batteries. Of course a tank is gonna do better in a crash against a small sedan. But what about vs pedestrians? What about the people in that sedan?
This isn't "safer for everyone". This is "safer for me while disregarding everyone else".
The main reason EVs are safer in a crash is due to a low center of gravity which makes them extremely unlikely to rollover. Trucks and SUVs only make people feel safer but because of the much higher rollover risk they are actually generally less safe than most cars.
That doesn't account for safety of other car. That's the safety of people IN the car and pedestrians. And again, you're doing things like put a tesla 3 in the "small car" category. Size? Sure. By weight? Hell no. You're not properly accounting for those factors.
Force = Mass X Acceleration. A larger vehicle will always exert more force. Plow a Tesla 3 into a Civic and see who lives. It's literally why buses don't have seatbelts. The bus will always tank whatever hits it. All you're doing is building tanks and acting like that's somehow a safety improvement.
It's not "EV vehicles are safer" like you're trying to paint it. It's "heavier vehicles are harder to damage". This isn't an EV issue. It's basic physics that you're trying to spin into pro-EV propaganda. By the same logic you should buy a F650.
More data from Norway - at the time 28.3% of cars in the country were electric but they were involved in only 7.4% of total vehicle fires. More data in the article shows that the rate is decreasing too.
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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 19 pts · 211d
Not having 50L of volatile liquid in a tank might be helping: A battery might catch fire but it doesn't splash.
Being able to distribute mechanical components out of the traditional engine bay too: no longerdirectly inferring of the passenger compartment.
lucario_owo@pawb.social · -7 pts · 210d
A battery might catch fire, sure, but the volatile liquid can be extinguished, unlike any EV battery currently on the market.
budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 210d
Some data from Norway you may find informative. - at the time of posting 28% of their vehciles were electric so they have good data comparing ICE and EV safety.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 207d
Ev fires can be extinguished. Gasoline tanks have 10x more heat energy than a battery pack.
HisArmsOpen@crust.piefed.social · 10 pts · 210d
Once you've been EV, you never go back. (I don't have sufficient creativity!)
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 210d
Fuel guzzlers now try to mimic the power of transmission-free driving.
Sepia@mander.xyz · -6 pts · 210d
What do they understand safe? Is a remote kill switch safe?
fishos@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 210d
Yeah, for the same reason SUVs are "safer". They weigh a fuck ton more than the average car due to the batteries. Of course a tank is gonna do better in a crash against a small sedan. But what about vs pedestrians? What about the people in that sedan?
This isn't "safer for everyone". This is "safer for me while disregarding everyone else".
MagicPterodactyl@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 210d
The main reason EVs are safer in a crash is due to a low center of gravity which makes them extremely unlikely to rollover. Trucks and SUVs only make people feel safer but because of the much higher rollover risk they are actually generally less safe than most cars.
schizoidman@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 210d
Scoring for the crash test also calculates safety for road users and the drivers assistant systems.
https://media.whichcar.com.au/uploads/2026/01/ANCAP-Top-Performers-2025.jpeg
fishos@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 210d
That doesn't account for safety of other car. That's the safety of people IN the car and pedestrians. And again, you're doing things like put a tesla 3 in the "small car" category. Size? Sure. By weight? Hell no. You're not properly accounting for those factors.
Force = Mass X Acceleration. A larger vehicle will always exert more force. Plow a Tesla 3 into a Civic and see who lives. It's literally why buses don't have seatbelts. The bus will always tank whatever hits it. All you're doing is building tanks and acting like that's somehow a safety improvement.
It's not "EV vehicles are safer" like you're trying to paint it. It's "heavier vehicles are harder to damage". This isn't an EV issue. It's basic physics that you're trying to spin into pro-EV propaganda. By the same logic you should buy a F650.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 207d
But heavier vehicles also have more crashes because they can't turn or brake.
noxypaws@pawb.social · 1 pts · 210d
electric vehicle vehicles?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 207d
Heavier vehicles get into more crashes. The safest crash is the one you avoid.
Teslas have more crashes that any other brand the lest two years.
kepix@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 210d
whoever wrote this advertisement, havent seen a burning car battery
budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 210d
Fires in Petrol/Diesel vehicles are about 20 times more likely than in EVs.
More data from Norway - at the time 28.3% of cars in the country were electric but they were involved in only 7.4% of total vehicle fires. More data in the article shows that the rate is decreasing too.
rbn@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 210d
That's to be expected I guess as more and more batteries aren't even flammable anymore, e.g. LiFePo.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 210d
Or a leaking gas tank.
nimisnimi@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 210d
Basically, you require a special section in the car safety assessment documents, listing random people exclamations - when they see a fire burning?
Wow. /S