schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month 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-square177fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month 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-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYou do realize that article neither negates or supports the above statement.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSafer cars get into less crashes. You seriously want to argue semantics? https://www.tesladeaths.com/
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago“But Teslas are electric and Teslas are bad!” -the person we’re replying to. It’s like the commenter doesn’t realize there’s more electric cars than just Teslas.
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoSo the article you linked’s source has been updated. Tesla was number 1 the last year’s report but it’s number 3 now. Source used by the article you shared TLDR: It’s a close battle between BMW (44.9 per 1000), Ram (44.7 per 1000), and Telsa (42.8 per 1000)
minus-squareOfCourseNot@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt probably has more to do with the people that buy BMWs, Rams, and Teslas driving like fucking idiots than with the cars themselves.
minus-squarexylol@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI was about to say that when I am near a tesla, bmw, or ram truck I anticipate them driving like jackasses. teslas can go both ways though, either unnecessarily slow or crazy bmw style impatient driving
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2025/02/11/tesla-again-has-the-highest-accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/
You do realize that article neither negates or supports the above statement.
Safer cars get into less crashes. You seriously want to argue semantics?
https://www.tesladeaths.com/
“But Teslas are electric and Teslas are bad!” -the person we’re replying to.
It’s like the commenter doesn’t realize there’s more electric cars than just Teslas.
So the article you linked’s source has been updated. Tesla was number 1 the last year’s report but it’s number 3 now.
Source used by the article you shared
TLDR: It’s a close battle between BMW (44.9 per 1000), Ram (44.7 per 1000), and Telsa (42.8 per 1000)
It probably has more to do with the people that buy BMWs, Rams, and Teslas driving like fucking idiots than with the cars themselves.
I was about to say that when I am near a tesla, bmw, or ram truck I anticipate them driving like jackasses. teslas can go both ways though, either unnecessarily slow or crazy bmw style impatient driving