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submitted 6 months ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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[-] Emoba@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Well, I guess it's a good thing they rarely catch fire compared to combustion engine cars then.

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Source?

[-] Emoba@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/20/do-electric-cars-pose-a-greater-fire-risk-than-petrol-or-diesel-vehicles

https://www.driving.co.uk/car-clinic/are-electric-cars-more-likely-to-catch-fire-than-petrol-and-diesel-cars/

https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/research-highlights-lower-fire-risk-in-electric-cars-compared-to-petrol-and-diesel-vehicles/

Etc etc

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Interesting, just read the guardian article, I do think that probably if the ICE fires are less reported that does mean their less bad. But regardless yeah, that is interesting

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