ICE vs EV fires
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There will probably be less, the risk of fire in a bad collision is always there. Most of the fires and recalls were Chevy Bolt and older Hyundai Ioniq (thankfully my wife's Ioniq was not part of the recall). The risk is always there, but it's so rare that it doesn't bother me (.03 percent)
There will probably be less, the risk of fire in a bad collision is always there. Most of the fires and recalls were Chevy Bolt and older Hyundai Ioniq (thankfully my wife's Ioniq was not part of the recall). The risk is always there, but it's so rare that it doesn't bother me (.03 percent)
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It's not just Toyota investing in SSD tech. All the major automakers have invested including Hyundai, Ford, GM and battery manufacturers like LG and Panasonic, as well as Samsung. Tesla is probably also secretly working on it, the problem is this tech is probably 5 to 10 years away from being a reality
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Everyone can make their wishlists, just like how some people here were expecting Lexus would leapfrog the Germans with their own twin turbo V8 which they teased for almost half a decade. We all saw how that promise panned out. Promises are meaningless without product.
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Originally Posted by Och
Solid state batteries are much safer than conventional lithium batteries. The teslainvestorsclub brigade loves to hate on Toyota and seethes at the prospect of Toyota succeeding with this tech.
Or they could just be putting out bad EVs hoping people get a sour taste so they can sell their Hydrogen tech
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operator of the Felicity Ace that sink is banning transporting EVs in the meantime
https://www.thedrive.com/news/45112/...ty-ace-sinking
https://www.thedrive.com/news/45112/...ty-ace-sinking
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These other manufacturers can play around with the limitations of litium-ion batteries all they want. It just buys Toyota more time to perfect the solid state battery which I have no doubt they will do. Pretty good track record over companies like Hyundai and GM if you ask me.
operator of the Felicity Ace that sink is banning transporting EVs in the meantime
https://www.thedrive.com/news/45112/...ty-ace-sinking
https://www.thedrive.com/news/45112/...ty-ace-sinking
Paris bought 149 electric buses, and already three of them burned down in one month, Paris now temporarily suspended them.
https://auto.economictimes.*********...company%20said.
https://auto.economictimes.*********...company%20said.
