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rootusrootusyesterday at 7:14 PM1 replyview on HN

> less flammable than today's lithium batteries

If we put aside the politics, what are the actual statistics behind lithium battery fires today? And don't LFP's have negligible fire risk?

I feel like my gasser F250 had a higher risk of spontaneously combusting.


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fatbirdyesterday at 7:28 PM

The problem isn't spontaneous combustion, it's having an accident where the battery is damaged, causing runaway combustion.

No one burned to death inside a Tesla while driving normally. It's always following a crash.

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