01-08-2025
‘Thermal runaway': Electric vehicles catching fire are ‘virtually impossible to put out'
CarExpert Founder Paul Maric discusses the flammability of electric cars, claiming that if the vehicle does catch fire as a result of its battery, 'thermal runaway' occurs and the vehicle becomes 'virtually impossible to put out'.
This comes amid a US shipping company banning electric vehicles after a ship called the 'Morning Midas' sank from an electric vehicle fire.
'It's a bit of a mix of both … you've got issues with electric vehicles catching fire,' Mr Maric told Sky News host Steve Price.
'It's not as common, the problem is once they do catch fire, they get thermal runaway, and they're virtually impossible to put out.'
