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'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars (www.techradar.com)
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[–] Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

EVs already are much safer than ICEs

For the occupant or those who are involved in a collision with one?

EVs are heavy

[–] Asetru@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

They don't catch fire that often though.

Which is what that headline is about.

[–] monkeyFromTheLake@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Do ice car catch fire more often?

[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

While true, you should also mention that there's way more ICEs and (more importantly) the way they burn is much, much safer.

You can't really extinguish lithium fire, it burns way hotter, and it's more toxic.

Comparatively an ICE car burning is not a big deal; they almost never make other stuff around them burn, and also when they catch on fire it's pretty much exclusively only when people are still near/in them so there's A chance to notice it and do something about it.