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Originally Posted by soundman98

all this talk about water, saw this next. this is just one EV crash. if we globally abandon combustion engines for EV's, it's only going to become more commonplace:

https://jalopnik.com/two-dead-after-...ton-1846708136

It should become more commonplace, but by the time it does, don't you think autonomous driving aids would dramatically reduce crashes? Don't you also think manufactures and fire departments will find better ways of managing EV fires? Ex:

https://cfpa-e.eu/container-puts-out...electric-cars/

While accidents can be a source of car fires, ICEs can also catch on fire from oil leaks, fuel leaks, overheating failures, other engine failures, indirectly from catalytic converters when someone pulls to the shoulder on top of grass, etc. I would guess that EVs will spontaneously catch on fire less often, but I don't have any sources. If water use did become an issue then I would imagine there would be steps to mitigate the use like in the example above.

On a side note: WTF. Either the driver fled, or there was no driver. What were they thinking?