Electric cars involved in more accidents than regular cars

Electric cars involved in more accidents than regular cars

Over the past five years, the number of fire and explosion accidents per 10,000 electric vehicles has significantly increased in just one year. The damage caused by these accidents has also been much greater for electric vehicles than non-electric vehicles. According to the Korea Insurance Development Institute on Sunday, from 2019 to 2023, there were 53 accidents involving electric vehicles where damage was covered due to fire or explosion, translating to 0.93 accidents per 10,000 electric…
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Source: https://www.donga.com/en/article/all/20240819/5121751/1