cartmen220, 04 October 2013, 12:45
Chloe wrote:
W16 wrote:
But a Honda Civic isn't a Model S. The damage done by the object was to the battery pack, which is obviously more prone to catching fire than a normal car.
That's still no excuse IMO. And I'm not talking about Tesla but every company that manufactures electric cars with batteries that are prone catch fire in an accident. I think they're not safe enough if there's a possibility of fire when the batteries get damaged.
Imagine a situation where an electric car has an accident and catches fire and the passengers are unable to escape. For example the hit knocks the passengers unconscious or their legs or arms break so they cant move (which is very common in serious accidents). And while in a normal car they could be OK and wait for rescue, in an electric car they'd burn to death.
Implying that there isn't a chance of an engine fire in normal, gas powered cars..
W16, 04 October 2013, 13:13
cartmen220 wrote:
Chloe wrote:
That's still no excuse IMO. And I'm not talking about Tesla but every company that manufactures electric cars with batteries that are prone catch fire in an accident. I think they're not safe enough if there's a possibility of fire when the batteries get damaged.
Imagine a situation where an electric car has an accident and catches fire and the passengers are unable to escape. For example the hit knocks the passengers unconscious or their legs or arms break so they cant move (which is very common in serious accidents). And while in a normal car they could be OK and wait for rescue, in an electric car they'd burn to death.
Imagine a situation where an electric car has an accident and catches fire and the passengers are unable to escape. For example the hit knocks the passengers unconscious or their legs or arms break so they cant move (which is very common in serious accidents). And while in a normal car they could be OK and wait for rescue, in an electric car they'd burn to death.
Implying that there isn't a chance of an engine fire in normal, gas powered cars..
In this case, he's just talking about the example where the battery pack was damaged and ignited. In a normal car, there would be no battery pack to ignite in the event that the car hit something. Fires in normal cars of course can happen in other ways, but in this case it wouldn't.
Chloe, 04 October 2013, 16:07
cartmen220 wrote:
Chloe wrote:
W16 wrote:
But a Honda Civic isn't a Model S. The damage done by the object was to the battery pack, which is obviously more prone to catching fire than a normal car.
That's still no excuse IMO. And I'm not talking about Tesla but every company that manufactures electric cars with batteries that are prone catch fire in an accident. I think they're not safe enough if there's a possibility of fire when the batteries get damaged.
Imagine a situation where an electric car has an accident and catches fire and the passengers are unable to escape. For example the hit knocks the passengers unconscious or their legs or arms break so they cant move (which is very common in serious accidents). And while in a normal car they could be OK and wait for rescue, in an electric car they'd burn to death.
Implying that there isn't a chance of an engine fire in normal, gas powered cars..
Well I don't know if its just the media, but there seems to be a lot of electric car fires (Or even a jet! 787...) related to batteries when only a fraction of the cars in the streets use batteries, and looking at that Tesla it couldn't have been that big of a crash and it still caught fire, had it been a normal petrol car I don't think anything would have happened (unless it was a Italian, red and loud).
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