Submitted by Peugeot905 t3_10mvirk in Futurology
outofvogue t1_j67slfv wrote
Reply to comment by Surur in Kenya’s Producing Its First Electric Buses — 1,000 Buses Over 3 Years by Peugeot905
And not being sued into oblivion when some of them start blowing up.
Edit: People actually believe that no electric busses produced in 3rd world countries won't blow up (laughing in standards and regulations). Whether people like it or not, these busses will be more likely to catch fire than those produced in 1st-world countries. I have no doubt in my mind that this company knows this and it is factored into their business plan.
DHFranklin t1_j68ncro wrote
It's in Africa so it must be a" third world country". I'm guessing someone using that boomer language has never seen Nairobi. No one is taking those electric buses on Safari.
One_Blue_Glove t1_j67ubl8 wrote
They're not Teslas.
YEETMANdaMAN t1_j67zd5e wrote
The science has been out for a while, catch up. Gas cars are 10x more likely to catch fire than electric vehicles. And hybrids are 20x as likely to catch fires as electric.
One_Blue_Glove t1_j682ve1 wrote
Did you respond to the wrong comment? I am well aware that electric cars explode much less commonly than gas-powered ones.
outofvogue t1_j67xkc7 wrote
Tesla's actually have a lesser chance of exploding, American and European (Japan, AU, & NZ included) countries have very high standards compared to the rest of the world. The fact that it happens, even with higher standards, means that there is a tenfold chance that it will happen elsewhere. If the Kenyan justice system was stronger on big business, you wouldn't see this deal happening.
I will defend Tesla when it comes to things like this. Musk didn't create Tesla nor did he design anything for them, thousands of brilliant engineers created Tesla. I'm not saying or suggesting that you should buy a Tesla, because you shouldn't but only because Musk is the CEO and signs off on things that quite ready yet
One_Blue_Glove t1_j6837a4 wrote
>Tesla's actually have a lesser chance of exploding
Could you cite this?
outofvogue t1_j68d52y wrote
I can only cite sources that wouldn't give a definitive result. There simply aren't enough EV's in the US or Europe on the road to give comprehensive is one better than the other when it comes to manufactures in the US, but I never argued that. EV fires are less likely to happen than ice vehicles.
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