Are there any statistics out there that can make a comparison like this? I know there’s a comparison like this for vehicle fires and EVs came out way ahead

If these stats are hidden they shouldn’t be, all statistics should be able to be known

  • Bitter_Firefighter_1@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The problem is similar. Engines can have a bad seal, a crankshaft not right. These get replaced.

    Batteries as a hole don’t just fail. A cell goes bad. We don’t have easy methods to replace the one.

    • justbiteme2k@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      At this early stage of EV, this needs a little regulation I think. Currently batteries are made as cheap as possible to make the car as cheap as possible, but this also means they’re a monolith by design. Batteries need to be designed to make them modular and more easily replaceable. With some kind of size/weight/harness regulation, all the car designers could start to look into designs that allow swapping them out.