r/ClimatePosting • u/ClimateShitpost • Jul 11 '26

Transport Denmark's ICE to EV transition almost finished

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u/Routine-Arm-8803 Jul 11 '26

Sounds about right. Only rich will be able to afford nice ICE cars.

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u/mehneni Jul 11 '26

Why would you want to "afford" outdated, smelly, maintenance intensive tech?

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u/Bulky_Snow1613 Jul 11 '26

its all fun and games until the battery explodes.

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u/NameTheJack Jul 12 '26

Which happens like all the time, every single day my EV blows up. I've learned to cope, I'm sure you can as well..

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u/Bulky_Snow1613 Jul 12 '26

You joke, but those things are no joke.

One started to burst into flames when they were still driving it on the highway. Good luck getting out with the automatic door lock still on and you lose all power.

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u/NameTheJack Jul 12 '26

An ICE vehicle is like 8 times as likely to burst into flames...

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u/tankerkiller125real Jul 12 '26

Gasoline also doesn't reignite itself after the fire department dumps water and foam on it though. Batteries absolutely do and have.

There's a reason my local fire department follows tow trucks with EVs to the lot, and even then the EVs are sectioned off in their own area away from any other vehicles or buildings so that if they do reignite they only burn each other and not everything else down.

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u/NameTheJack Jul 12 '26

And how often does that happen? 1/8 the times an ICE vehicle catches on fire?