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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I bought a diesel vehicle, so the mileage is better than regular gas.

I often drive through the high desert, where I live for a good part of the year. Temperatures are routinely in the 110s in the summer, and [b]electric vehicles out there catch on fire at a much higher rate[/b]. It isn't practical for me. It might be, when that technology improves.

https://ktvz.com/news/fire/2021/08/23/electric-car-fire-west-of-redmond-prompts-special-firefighter-precautions

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I don’t know if it’s the same clown poster making bs arguments against electric cars posing as an expert, but this is simply not true.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicle_fire_incidents[/quote]

Your Wikipedia article is both flagged as needing updating and, as far as I can tell, focuses on risk with overcharging and/or impact. I do not see discussion of extreme heat conditions, and yes, we "clowns" are experiencing that on the reservations (and by the way, over 30% of the home s on the reservation don't have electricity -- the closest charging stations are 45+ minutes away).

Please cite a useful reference.[/quote]

That was the point of the refence, that electric vehicle fires are during charging and on impact. Even your link did not state that the fire in that particular car was due to high outside temperatures. It jsut said that a lot of cars (including gas) catch fire in the summer because of overheating (that vaporizes and ignites gas, duh!).

Your link is not good enough for my scholarship standards, please send me a link that [b]electric vehicles out there catch on fire at a much higher rate[/b]! see what I did here? you made the claim that electric cars catch fire in the desert so the burden of proof is on you that it is a widespread problem that consumers need to be aware of. Also in the link, we are talking about Jaguar, one of the absolute worst brands in reliability, and a really minor EV manufacturer:
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/jaguar-struggles-to-claw-up-from-bottom-of-jd-power-2021-dependability-study/

Meanwhile, link on Tesla regulating their battery temperature to prevent thermal overrun.
https://www.easyelectriccars.com/why-do-tesla-batteries-not-overheat-teslas-battery-cooling-system/

Statistics say the access to electricity is 100% of US population so the remore areas you are talking about are just rounding errors and not relevant to the discussion. Sure it may apply to you, but that would be an outlier situation. Also there are portable car chargers for off the grid situations so I think even in that situation there are some solutions.

Appologies for calling you a clown.[/quote]

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