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"EVs were involved in approximately 25 fires for every 100,000 sold. Comparatively, approximately 1,530 gasoline-powered vehicles and 3,475 hybrid vehicles were involved in fires for every 100,000 sold."

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/environment-energy-coordinatio...




Sounds like some "forgot to mention year sold/age" shenanigans.


Yeah, there really should be something akin to human mortality risks available, but for cars. Human mortality is always divided up by age, and various car risks should also be divided up by model year.




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