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		sam_goody on July 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toyota has been developing a solid-state battery f... No one mentions this, but IIRC solid state batteries are less likely to catch fire without a obvious reason. While such fires are extremely rare, they have happened, and scare at least some of the potential market. Considering that there are definitely those that do not buy a EV for fear of fire, that could be a selling point.

panick21_ on July 23, 2023 | [–]

There are lots and lots of issues around fire. Its not correct that solid state automatically means fire is less. There are lots of technologies that play into that.

timbit42 on July 23, 2023 | [–]

Regardless, they catch fire much less than ICEVs.

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