09/10/2023
Will my electric vehicle catch fire?
All batteries come with risk, but your EV is one of the safest vehicles on the road. Many reports and data points indicate that internal combustion engine vehicles (ICE) are significantly more at risk of fire than an EV. A 2021 report by AutoInsuranceEZ in the USA found that there were 1530 fires per 100,000 ICE vehicles compared to 25 out of 100,000 fully electric vehicles in the same timeframe. EV FireSafe, an Australian company with Australian Government support, found that between 2010 and June 2023 there were only 393 verified EV battery fires globally, out of 30 million electric vehicles. A 2023 report by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency found that ICE vehicles were 20 times more likely to catch fire than EVs in Sweden.
