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[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (21 children)

"Of the 3000 cars onboard, 25 are electric and one of those has apparently set light to the whole cargo"

BULLSHIT!

Nobody said so.

But "journalists" nowadays are full of shit and all reporting "currently there's no proof that some electric car started the fire" (always with #electriccars) - what everyone reads as "yeah, sure the electric car was it!"

meanwhile electric cars are actually LESS likely to start a fire and still nobody in the know has actually claimed electric cars had ANYTHING to do with it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (7 children)

because it's impossible that the other 3000 cars filled with an explosive liquid could have ignited the fire. No, it's definitely impossible, those fuel tanks never leak, and gas vapor never explode

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure they don't ship cars with gasoline in em, thats extra weight that doesnt need to be there let alone the fire hazard.

The electric cars on the otherhand most likely have the batteries built into the fucking frame.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tbh all cars have at least one battery. Or it might have been some order random accident that has nothing to do with the cargo. I think we need more info on this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While that's true I was more pointing out the falsehood in the other commentor, and while most cars have batteries lets not pretend a batter the size of a cinder block is the same as one the size of a mattress.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

well that and it's different chemistry (lead vs lithium)

…aaaand EVs have those old lead-acid batteries too. (btw: we should finally ditch those for LiFePo or similar)

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