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Not saying to not buy Electric cars just wait a bit longer

does not surprise me that it happened... considering the little LI-ION batteries used in laptops warn not to damage or puncture. and they have even caught fire after development of mfg related shorts.(see the major recalls of incendiary laptops).

I guess the question would be as batteries get bigger and denser in cars how to protect them since modern cars do not have the big thick chassis rails underneath to hide things between.
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reply to The Pig
This post crash one is in addition to two that caught fire while charging IIRC.

»www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/1···der-way/
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reply to The Pig
Would be really bad if it went on fire in your garage while you and your family where asleep!

Ya because ONLY hybrid cars ever had fire issues, I mean no one has a cruise control switch catch on fire right?

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reply to lolwutz
I never seen or heard of a parked (regulator) car going on fire!
All my cruise controls in cars I have had just stopped working never a fire in any of them!

My brother had a Jeep back in the 80's - no cruise control - he went to pick up his paycheck and in less than 5 minutes his car caught file in the parking lot.

Just google or yahoo for 'cars catch fire in garage' - some of the stories are parking garages but same thing can happen in a house garage.
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reply to The Pig
""October 2009 Update: Ford Recalls Another 4.5 million Vehicles Due To Fire Risk

On October 13, 2009, Ford Motor Co. expanded its largest-ever recall by about 4.5 million vehicles equipped with a faulty cruise-control switch linked to at least 550 vehicle fires nationwide, and the destruction of many homes and other properties. Ford has now recalled more than 14 million vehicles in eight separate recalls over a 10-year period because of the problem.""

»www.switchfires.com/

reply to CylonRed
There are multi-millions of conventional vehicles on the road. There are VERY few hybrid/electric vehicles on the road. Therefore, what would be a MINOR trend in conventional vehicles, becomes a MAJOR trend in Hybrid/electric vehicles. If 100 F-150 PUs have an issue, it is a MINOR problem. If 100 Corvettes have the exact same issue, it is a MAJOR problem. Why ? There are probably 1,000 F-150s produced for every Corvette that comes off of the line.

So cars catching on fire... not a big issue... because your made up stats say otherwise?

I mentioned the cruise issue another poster got the exact info...

I'd call a recall on 4.5 million vehicles... a pretty BIG issue...

And a total of 14... over the same issue...

Um... ya let's have your house catch on fire while you are asleep... and then just tell you "o well it is only you so... you almost died but, not a big deal"

I guess according to here between japan and the usa, 600,000 hybrids are on the road... hardly a small number »www.tech-faq.com/how-many-hybrid···oad.html

reply to Waterbug
People in this thread are acting as if it does not\has not happened to any other vehicle by hybrids and we are merely correcting that false thought.

As mentioned already - been large recalls int eh past for regular cars catching fire.
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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

reply to lolwutzzzzzz
your link says 1.6 million on the road, where do you see 600,000?

The article mentions that specifically between the US and Japan - over 600,000 are on the road. About half way down.
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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

"According to a 2009 study, there have been over 1,600,000 hybrids sold."
First line in the article.

This article says 2 million sold in the US alone as of June 2011:
»wardsauto.com/ar/hybrid_sales_mi···dex.html

reply to The Pig
Big oil companies are just blinding us from the future.

reply to PrntRhd
From the original link:

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Throughout the world, the top five countries that have registered hybrids on the road are, in order, Japan, the United States, Canada, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Japan and the United States, together, make up over 600,000 hybrid vehicles.

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reply to The Pig
The Volt has been ruled out as a cause in both house fires

The crash test one, NHTSA didn't follow the manufactures procedures to discharge that battery, which 3 weeks later after the the side impact crash test, the coolant, when frozen, shorted out the still charged battery

»gm-volt.com/2011/11/15/chevy-vol···se-fire/

I'm sure they will work all the bugs out of these cars, I only suggested that people wait awhile while they find a fix!