Another Richard Hammond crash

Checking out the insurance cover amazon provide. But he wrote off a Rimac in Switzerland

Must have been too fast. Hope he's completely okay.

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/heres-the-...ac-concept-one/

 

 

Looked pretty bad

Word is he just broke his knee and was medivac'ed

Word is he just broke his knee and was medivac'ed

 

 

That guy must be on 11 of his 9 lives...

https://youtu.be/oOQL7hyFXtc

On the bright side Rimac sold a car.

On the bright side Rimac sold a car.

The scary thing is that it seems that most electric cars involved in big accidents tend to burst into flames.

The scary thing is that it seems that most electric cars involved in big accidents tend to burst into flames.

I was thinking that, not as if they have fuel lines to rupture is it?

The scary thing is that it seems that most electric cars involved in big accidents tend to burst into flames.

Fixed it for you

Fixed it for you

 

I know you love electric cars but this is a big concern for me, most electric cars when involved in accidents spontaneously combust, at least the ones I watched.

 

 

most electric cars when involved in accidents spontaneously combust

That's just plain wrong mate. A few do, not most.

Statistics a few years back showed 1 fire for every 120 million miles for electric cars.

For ICE cars it's 1 fire for every 20 million miles, so they are 6 times more likely to catch fire. In the US alone there's about 17 car fires an hour.

 

The difference is that EVERY Tesla catching fire gets in the news. No one writes about a burning 2016 BMW 528i.

That's just plain wrong mate. A few do, not most.

Statistics a few years back showed 1 fire for every 120 million miles for electric cars.

For ICE cars it's 1 fire for every 20 million miles, so they are 6 times more likely to catch fire. In the US alone there's about 17 car fires an hour.

 

The difference is that EVERY Tesla catching fire gets in the news. No one writes about a burning 2016 BMW 528i.

 

 

Agreed. You just hear about it in the news all the time because most outlets if you haven't noticed have a thing against Tesla. You'll never see an article about a Nissan Leaf catching on fire. Don't forget, these articles are just a small small fraction of all electric cars involved in an accident.

Id imagine the lack of sound really messes with the preception of speed and the general weight of the cars is "hidden " to an extent by the power. You've got 4000+ lbs cars making ENORMOUS amounts of torque and at the end limited by the rubber.

That's just plain wrong mate. A few do, not most.

Statistics a few years back showed 1 fire for every 120 million miles for electric cars.

For ICE cars it's 1 fire for every 20 million miles, so they are 6 times more likely to catch fire. In the US alone there's about 17 car fires an hour.

 

The difference is that EVERY Tesla catching fire gets in the news. No one writes about a burning 2016 BMW 528i.

 

Fair enough, I will just take my chances in an ICE

Fair enough, I will just take my chances in an ICE

 

I'll second that, plus raise you removing the airbags in exchange for a 6 point harness.