Electric cars are proving to be the safest vehicles in Australia, with battery-powered models making up six of the seven strongest crash test performers.
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.
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.
That’s to be expected I guess as more and more batteries aren’t even flammable anymore, e.g. LiFePo.