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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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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

EVs already are much safer than ICEs

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2025/02/11/tesla-again-has-the-highest-accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

You do realize that article neither negates or supports the above statement.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago

"But Teslas are electric and Teslas are bad!" -the person we're replying to.

It's like the commenter doesn't realize there's more electric cars than just Teslas.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 days ago

Safer cars get into less crashes. You seriously want to argue semantics?

https://www.tesladeaths.com/

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So the article you linked's source has been updated. Tesla was number 1 the last year's report but it's number 3 now.

Source used by the article you shared

TLDR: It's a close battle between BMW (44.9 per 1000), Ram (44.7 per 1000), and Telsa (42.8 per 1000)

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It probably has more to do with the people that buy BMWs, Rams, and Teslas driving like fucking idiots than with the cars themselves.

[–] xylol@leminal.space 6 points 3 days ago

I was about to say that when I am near a tesla, bmw, or ram truck I anticipate them driving like jackasses. teslas can go both ways though, either unnecessarily slow or crazy bmw style impatient driving

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Tesla crashes are a function of a poorly designed interface, overweight cars, and too much power for public roads.