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Electric Vehicles

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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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[–] karpintero@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Skimmed through the article to try and find the cause. They're still investigating but the driver's theory is a piece of road debris punctured the battery.

Before anyone thinks EVs are more dangerous, the article states upfront that EVs are much less likely to catch on fire than ICE vehicles, according to KBB reports.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Not nearly enough ICE vehicles are burning, if you ask me. Oh, you meant internal combustion engine? Silly me.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

To be fair, this happened to a diesel car I had some 25 years ago. Catching fire while driving, that is.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I dunno who buys Cadillacs. They are ugly and overpriced.

Except Escalades — They are ugly and overpriced, but they have a following for some bizarre reason. Something to do with conspicuous consumption I presume.

[–] Mpatch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Have you ever been in an escalade?