Electric vehicles are generally safer for several reasons: - Low center of gravity/low rollover risk - Advanced safety technology/driver assistance in most models - Large front crumple zone/no engine to push into the cabin
Thank you for the video. This is a little off topic but I have seen reviewers start discussing RS1X and R1TX. Is this rumor true or have you heard anything on this?
They did great in the side impact or else they would not have qualified for Top Safety Pick. All of the testing footage is in the IIHS website. Thanks for commenting!
Being in an EV is safer. I think being on the receiving end my be less safe. When one of these heavy and large EVs. I.e Rivian, Silverado and especially cybertruck obliterate a small car is going to be a bad day.
Your Rivian or even a Tesla Model Y are much larger and much less likely to be crushed where your battery will be breached than a poorly made Chinese EV so really there is a lot to consider that goes beyond the type of vehicle BEV vs ICE. Diesel does have the advantage of not being very flamable.
What are you talking about? Modern Chinese evs are very safe and have fantastic crash performance, adas, tech,and build quality. It’s the legacy US mfrs who are falling behind and need improvement.
Of course BEVs at least are far more dangerous in a crash. #1 you are sitting on the firewall. #2. BEV fires are 4000f not 500f like gas or maybe diesel. The battery controls your doors - if you have a crash damaging your battery ;your doors and windows will not work, the manual overrides may not exist or be in odd spots someone unfamiliar with the car won't know and rescuers won't be able to reach. See West Hollywood Tesla crash and fire; passers by attempted to rescue 3 passengers trapped in the rear of the Y vehicle after breaking the windows out they were able to extract 2 the 3rd burnt to death.
@@thedukeofmiddleville No it is the BEV that has the battery built in the floor, the BEV's fire that is intensely hot, it is the BEV which has electric door locks that do not work if there is no power; and BEVs lose power if the battery is damaged. A Tesla in West Hollywood crashed and caught fire and the passengers could not get out and had to have the windows broken by passers by so two of the three passengers could avoid being burnt to death. And add to that the NTSB figure often cited by BEV lovers is false today because in 2020 there were a tiny number of BEVS. Even today most BEV average less than 1 year old; but their fire rates are now higher per 100,000 than gas cars, insurance rates are going up rapidy for BEVs. Lastly BEVs can self ignite, even brand new sitting doing nothing. Look at the Falicity Ace auto ferry - it sank with 4000 luxury cars on board because a Porsche BEV caught fire sitting on the ferry.
@@litestuffllc7249 ICE fires are so common its not even news worthy. I covered the facts about EV fires in this video: ua-cam.com/video/6PoJWwvEV2g/v-deo.html
@@thedukeofmiddleville I watched your videos your basing it on old data and false comparisons of 1 year old BEVs vs 20 year old ICE cars; You believe that prove it - find some videos of such static electricity fires - particularly w 1 year old ICE cars - here are lots of videos of BEVS catching fire - just the Falicity Ace fire caused an entire ship to sink; does that count as 1 fire or 4000 with you as their was a chain reaction of one EV setting others on fire - find one past car ferry sinking due to a gas car fire. Never happened.
Facts over feelings. Please support your claims with a credible source. At least I provide sources including a video with static electricity fires at gas stations. You are only providing FUD. Here are more Facts: "Vehicle fires are an often-overlooked part of the fire problem; however, in 2022, an estimated 222,000 vehicle fires (15 percent of the fires that year) caused 700 civilian fire deaths (18 percent); 960 civilian fire injuries (7 percent); and $2.6 billion in direct property damage (14 percent)" Source NFPA.
Proof its easy search EV fires on UA-cam. You'll find that in China 4 BYD BEV dealerships burnt to the ground. You can find the video of the Porsche on the Falicity Ace self igniting spreading to the other BEVs beside it; sinking the ferry with 4000 luxury cars - Porsche is being sued for the accident but any BEV can catch fire like the Porsche - just sitting, not charging, not doing anything; a brand new perfectly made car. This is due to growths inside the batteries called dendrites; these can cause a short inside the battery at any time causing enough heat to catch that cell on fire; spreading to the other thousands of batteries; other cars then catch fire.
@@thedukeofmiddleville Just stupid lies you buy into. Go ahead show some videos of static electricty gas fires - there must be thousands you can find. I already proved the NTSB figure of 2020 was based on a time when there were only a few BEVs in the country and the average age of all BEVs today is under 1 year old ; most were made in 2023. the Average for ICE cars is 12 years meaning many are over 20 year old and in disrepair.
@@litestuffllc7249 Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/xbFPPhlcHRA/v-deo.html Now provide me with any credible source that supports your claim the BEVs are more prone to fires than ICE, and don't count hybrids. I'll wait.
@@Wasabi9111 I don't like mistruths do you? The point is EVs have some very dangerous elements to them; particularly if you have them massed in groups where they can catch eachother on fire. Some of the dangers can be mitigated; a big pickup truck is less likely to have it's battery comparment breached than a small car; you could make rules to not let EVs park next to eachother or not closer than x number of feet.
R1S Quad owner here. This only underscores why I gave up my Ram 1500 Longhorn for the Rivian. I ain’t going back
I agree 100%!
Same here. Love my Rivian. Not so sure if there’s anything else safer for my family,
Electric vehicles are generally safer for several reasons:
- Low center of gravity/low rollover risk
- Advanced safety technology/driver assistance in most models
- Large front crumple zone/no engine to push into the cabin
Thank you for the video. This is a little off
topic but I have seen reviewers start discussing RS1X and R1TX. Is this rumor true or have you heard anything on this?
I have heard about it, but I can't confirm it.
great info. I would be curious to see how electric vehicle fare in the side impact tests. Seems like the batteries would be severely damaged
They did great in the side impact or else they would not have qualified for Top Safety Pick. All of the testing footage is in the IIHS website.
Thanks for commenting!
@@thedukeofmiddleville I'm planning to buy my first ev in the next few weeks
Being in an EV is safer. I think being on the receiving end my be less safe. When one of these heavy and large EVs. I.e Rivian, Silverado and especially cybertruck obliterate a small car is going to be a bad day.
Rivian did a fantastic job in designing this vehicle?
Your Rivian or even a Tesla Model Y are much larger and much less likely to be crushed where your battery will be breached than a poorly made Chinese EV so really there is a lot to consider that goes beyond the type of vehicle BEV vs ICE. Diesel does have the advantage of not being very flamable.
What are you talking about? Modern Chinese evs are very safe and have fantastic crash performance, adas, tech,and build quality. It’s the legacy US mfrs who are falling behind and need improvement.
Of course BEVs at least are far more dangerous in a crash. #1 you are sitting on the firewall. #2. BEV fires are 4000f not 500f like gas or maybe diesel. The battery controls your doors - if you have a crash damaging your battery ;your doors and windows will not work, the manual overrides may not exist or be in odd spots someone unfamiliar with the car won't know and rescuers won't be able to reach. See West Hollywood Tesla crash and fire; passers by attempted to rescue 3 passengers trapped in the rear of the Y vehicle after breaking the windows out they were able to extract 2 the 3rd burnt to death.
You are correct except for you mixing up ICE with BEVs.
@@thedukeofmiddleville No it is the BEV that has the battery built in the floor, the BEV's fire that is intensely hot, it is the BEV which has electric door locks that do not work if there is no power; and BEVs lose power if the battery is damaged. A Tesla in West Hollywood crashed and caught fire and the passengers could not get out and had to have the windows broken by passers by so two of the three passengers could avoid being burnt to death. And add to that the NTSB figure often cited by BEV lovers is false today because in 2020 there were a tiny number of BEVS. Even today most BEV average less than 1 year old; but their fire rates are now higher per 100,000 than gas cars, insurance rates are going up rapidy for BEVs. Lastly BEVs can self ignite, even brand new sitting doing nothing. Look at the Falicity Ace auto ferry - it sank with 4000 luxury cars on board because a Porsche BEV caught fire sitting on the ferry.
@@litestuffllc7249 ICE fires are so common its not even news worthy. I covered the facts about EV fires in this video: ua-cam.com/video/6PoJWwvEV2g/v-deo.html
@@thedukeofmiddleville I watched your videos your basing it on old data and false comparisons of 1 year old BEVs vs 20 year old ICE cars; You believe that prove it - find some videos of such static electricity fires - particularly w 1 year old ICE cars - here are lots of videos of BEVS catching fire - just the Falicity Ace fire caused an entire ship to sink; does that count as 1 fire or 4000 with you as their was a chain reaction of one EV setting others on fire - find one past car ferry sinking due to a gas car fire. Never happened.
Facts over feelings. Please support your claims with a credible source. At least I provide sources including a video with static electricity fires at gas stations. You are only providing FUD.
Here are more Facts: "Vehicle fires are an often-overlooked part of the fire problem; however, in 2022, an estimated 222,000 vehicle fires (15 percent of the fires that year) caused 700 civilian fire deaths (18 percent); 960 civilian fire injuries (7 percent); and $2.6 billion in direct property damage (14 percent)" Source NFPA.
Proof its easy search EV fires on UA-cam. You'll find that in China 4 BYD BEV dealerships burnt to the ground. You can find the video of the Porsche on the Falicity Ace self igniting spreading to the other BEVs beside it; sinking the ferry with 4000 luxury cars - Porsche is being sued for the accident but any BEV can catch fire like the Porsche - just sitting, not charging, not doing anything; a brand new perfectly made car. This is due to growths inside the batteries called dendrites; these can cause a short inside the battery at any time causing enough heat to catch that cell on fire; spreading to the other thousands of batteries; other cars then catch fire.
Did you know thousands of car fires are caused by static electricity while pumping gas, and an ICE vehicle is 50 time more likely to catch fire?
@@thedukeofmiddleville Just stupid lies you buy into. Go ahead show some videos of static electricty gas fires - there must be thousands you can find. I already proved the NTSB figure of 2020 was based on a time when there were only a few BEVs in the country and the average age of all BEVs today is under 1 year old ; most were made in 2023. the Average for ICE cars is 12 years meaning many are over 20 year old and in disrepair.
@@litestuffllc7249 Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/xbFPPhlcHRA/v-deo.html
Now provide me with any credible source that supports your claim the BEVs are more prone to fires than ICE, and don't count hybrids. I'll wait.
What’s your point? Why so much hate?
@@Wasabi9111 I don't like mistruths do you? The point is EVs have some very dangerous elements to them; particularly if you have them massed in groups where they can catch eachother on fire. Some of the dangers can be mitigated; a big pickup truck is less likely to have it's battery comparment breached than a small car; you could make rules to not let EVs park next to eachother or not closer than x number of feet.