On 12/23/22 6:24 PM, ScottW wrote:
On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 2:01:51 PM UTC-8, MINe109 wrote:
On 12/23/22 12:11 PM, ScottW wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/i-ve-tested-19-different-electric-cars-and-while-i-love-the-technology-i-wouldn-t-buy-one-yet/ar-AA15BfuZ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6cdd89e4441d4c3bbd41166f5fc094f3
Me neither.
You're also an apartment-dwelling urbanite who takes long drives in the
country?
Nope, I have a home I don't want to burn down or spend 36c/KwH to charge
a car.
Neither of which were mentioned by the columnist. True, you are at a disadvantage for electricity costs. OTOH, most electric cars don't burst
into flame.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/ev-fires-not-coming-to-a-garage-near-you-statistically-speaking/
According to the National Fire Protection Association, a gasoline-fueled
car fire occurs every five minutes. From 2013 through 2017, there were
117,400 U.S. car fires per annum. Given the 261 million vehicles on the
road at the time, the incident rate was 0.045 percent.
AutoInsuranceEZ recently published additional information after diving
into data from the National Transportation Safety Board and government
recall statistics. Hybrid vehicle fires ranked first with 3474.5 fires
per 100,000 vehicle sales (16,051 fires). Next came ICE cars with 1520.9
fires per 100,000 sales (199,533 fires). BEVs were at the very bottom of
this calamity heap with only 25.1 fires per 100,000 vehicle sales (52
fires).
End quote.
If fire is your criterion, definitely avoid hybrids.
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