schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE carswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1335file-text
arrow-up1335external-link'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE carswww.techradar.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAsetru@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up101·12 hours ago the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars Did Toyota write this? EVs already are much safer than ICEs, the headline reads like it’s trying to gaslight people into thinking otherwise.
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 minutes agoExcept their weight which leads to insane amounts of energy transfer and also none of the intrastructure, like guardrails, is built to handle that much weight so low down. The way to safer is to reduce the amount of cars.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·40 minutes ago EVs already are much safer than ICEs https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2025/02/11/tesla-again-has-the-highest-accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/
minus-squareRomkslrqusz@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 hours ago EVs already are much safer than ICEs For the occupant or those who are involved in a collision with one? EVs are heavy
minus-squareAsetru@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 hour agoThey don’t catch fire that often though. Which is what that headline is about.
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 hours agoExcept ones with no handles. You’re supposed to burn alive in these.
minus-squareAsetru@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoWhich has nothing to do with the drive train.
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 hours agoThis battery is even safer than Li-ion cells, why is that “gaslighting”?
minus-squarecatsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 hours agoBecause the headline is not making that comparison?
Did Toyota write this? EVs already are much safer than ICEs, the headline reads like it’s trying to gaslight people into thinking otherwise.
Except their weight which leads to insane amounts of energy transfer and also none of the intrastructure, like guardrails, is built to handle that much weight so low down.
The way to safer is to reduce the amount of cars.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2025/02/11/tesla-again-has-the-highest-accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/
For the occupant or those who are involved in a collision with one?
EVs are heavy
They don’t catch fire that often though.
Which is what that headline is about.
⛏️
Except ones with no handles. You’re supposed to burn alive in these.
Which has nothing to do with the drive train.
This battery is even safer than Li-ion cells, why is that “gaslighting”?
Because the headline is not making that comparison?
Came here to say exactly this.