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whoever wrote this advertisement, havent seen a burning car battery
Fires in Petrol/Diesel vehicles are about 20 times more likely than in EVs.
More data from Norway - at the time 28.3% of cars in the country were electric but they were involved in only 7.4% of total vehicle fires. More data in the article shows that the rate is decreasing too.
That's to be expected I guess as more and more batteries aren't even flammable anymore, e.g. LiFePo.
Or a leaking gas tank.
Basically, you require a special section in the car safety assessment documents, listing random people exclamations - when they see a fire burning?
Wow. /S