• halvo317@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Maybe if it were 2009 lol. EVs don’t randomly catch fire anymore. Even if it were true, with what Toronto landlords charge, they can afford an insurance bump.

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      1 year ago

      You mean Canadian landlords. I pay more for a town house in London Ontario than most people in Toronto 😂. Canada is fucked.

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      1 year ago

      I’m a fan of EV’s but I was surprised when I read this in the article:

      Toronto Fire Services (TFS) told CBC Toronto that it has responded to 47 fires involving lithium ion batteries this year, 10 of which took place in residential high-rises.

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        1 year ago

        ‘involving’ is a weasel word. If a building is on fire and a battery catches fire and makes it worse, that’s ‘involving’. But that doesn’t mean the battery is to blame. It’s just another accelerant.

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        1 year ago

        Is this not a tiny, super fraction of a number? The average household probably has 10x lithium batteries around in various things.

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          Yeah literally everyone’s phone, and pretty much any wireless speaker or rechargable anything. Vapes, computer accessories, anything.

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        Toronto Fire Services (TFS) told CBC Toronto that it has responded to 47 fires involving lithium ion batteries this year, 10 of which took place in residential high-rises.

        Without clarification that this is specifically related to EVs, this statistic is worthless. I have 7 different devices involving lithium-ion batteries in front of me right now, and none of them are vehicles.