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Originally Posted by Qtx
My two worries are:
1) Electric cars are too quiet. Almost been run over twice by silent Prius taxi drivers. Can't hear them coming, especially at lower speeds.
2) In crashes, electric cars seem to explode in to flames more than petrol cars going by the pattern I have seen in news articles. Assuming this is related to the batteries?
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I know what you mean about the lack of noise and it is dangerous. Our hearing is one of our most important senses when it comes to safety so I think these vehicles will need to generate some sort of 'artificial' noise.
Lithium is pretty volatile isn't it. I can see a major rethink in fire fighting methods also being required.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-be...ctronic-device