Couple years ago a passed an electric car fire on the interstate. The car was completely engulfed with flames shooting 100 ft high.
Another thing to worry about, when the voltage drops you can not get out of car. Heard of a case or two where driver burnt inside with rescuers unable to help victim out of car after an accident and electric actuated door did not work
I don’t have an electric vehicle, but I have a 6-D battery Maglite in my car.
“Another thing to worry about, when the voltage drops you can not get out of car. Heard of a case or two where driver burnt inside with rescuers unable to help victim out of car after an accident and electric actuated door did not work”
Source? Doors are not electric actuated!
That last was less “electric car” and more “bad door design” - not all electric cars lack manual releases, and there are gasoline powered cars that don’t have manual door releases. The E65/E66 versions of the BMW 7-series is notorious for this, to the point where the system failed on an Asian VIP’s car, locking all passengers inside, and a bodyguard had to use his rifle to shoot and bash out an armored window to get everyone out.