Interestingly the Swedish study found that although the number of EV vehicles had doubled in 3 years the amount catching fire had stayed the same (very few compared to ICE). It could be explained by the continuing development of vehicle battery technologies.The number of EV fires will inevitably be higher than that now as EV take up is considerably higher, still much less than the CIE fires though.
True ... the real metric is number of fires per X number of cars. (e.g. fires per 1.,000 cars). Then comparing the ratios between ICE and EV.
And then there's the complicating factor of ... are hybrids classed as ICE or EV?
(Presumably the reference to EV actually meant BEV)
NCM sadly .What battery is the LR?
Yes both batteries have different pros and cons. To be fair puncture is is the extreme of the extreme. For example u get rollovered and then a truck with spikes rammed into u... of course thats highly unlikely...I saw these videos earlier, and I have to say that I'm thrilled to bits with my LFP battery. But to be fair, NMC batteries don't catch fire very often!
very nice input. im in indonesia. temperature can get as high as 40celcius here... so my choice is lfp. besides im hauling children. i would like to add a sense of security .The NMC battery is much better if you need to do long journeys with the minimum of charging delay. I think it would also suit people who can't charge at home, because it doesn't need balanced so often. You can run it up and down in the middle of its capacity, using rapid chargers if you like, and only have to arrange for it to sit on an AC charger to 100% once a month. And we are not seeing epidemic of fires in NMC batteries.
So it's horses for courses. I like the simplicity of managing an LFP battery, the extra safety and the additional longevity. But I can charge at home and I don't have to do long journeys under time pressure. If I did, I wouldn't have had any hesitation in getting the LR version.
very nice input. im in indonesia. temperature can get as high as 40celcius here... so my choice is lfp. besides im hauling children. i would like to add a sense of security .
i think further down the line of tech and infrastructure, range would not be an issue. with onboard charge tech can get as high as few hundreds kwh in the car, plus the availability of fast charging network around the country. i think lfp would be a safer bet in the long run for reliability, degradation and fire hazard. the development of evs batteries are evolving, for people who can wait to buy an ev should wait, but i think this is a good time to jup into ev while petrol is climbing up slowly...