Submitted by Peugeot905 t3_10mvirk in Futurology
One_Blue_Glove t1_j67ubl8 wrote
Reply to comment by outofvogue in Kenya’s Producing Its First Electric Buses — 1,000 Buses Over 3 Years by Peugeot905
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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