RE: Battery Powered Electric Vehicles Are NOT the Future
An ICE vehicle is far more likely to burst into flames than an electric vehicle so this doesn't seem like a very good argument in general. Though it's true for shipping purposes the gas tank can be empty.
You can add 200 miles of range in 15 minutes using a supercharger with a Tesla. While slower than filling up your gas tank the difference is not extreme. At home, with a 240v outlet you can go from 20% to 80% overnight.
Whether an ICE or electric vehicle is better really depends on your use case. If most of your driving is less than the range of an electric vehicle than it seems like it could be a better choice. If not, then ICE vehicles still have an advantage.
Our family has two cars, both are ICE currently. When purchasing our last vehicle a few years ago, I considered electric. At the time there still seemed to be too much of a price premium to make it worth it. That does seem to be changing though.
Another alternative is of course a hybrid vehicle
As far as electricity production, there are no technical reasons we can't produce a lot more. Nuclear is an option, solar is an option, wind is an option, natural gas and coal are options. Obviously some of these face more regulatory hurdles than others but ultimately, politicians will have to make a decision about what is more important.
Transportation capacity is always increasing so I don't see this as a major long term concern.
I don't expect electric to replace ICE any time in the near future, I do expect the percentage of electric to continue to gradually increase over time though.
If we are talking about in America, ICE fires are rare and LiIon fires are rare. However, ICE fires are easy to put out, and LiIon they just have to control the burn.
In China they are daily! And they are VERY fast. You have a couple of seconds to get out from the time you smell the hint of smoke.
ICE fire has 12 gallons of gas, tops. Usually burns itself out. And rarely sets even the car next to in on fire.
LiIon fire is VERY hot, and has burned down burned down concrete parking structures and all the cars inside it. (chain reaction of one burning LiIon, starting another)
Transportation capacity is actually shrinking. No one wants to put the money into expansion. Its a losing proposition. Money that will take two decades to recover.
Instead, everyone is pushing the buck. Adverts about turning off electrical appliances. Energy companies paying people to get rid of their old appliances. Adverts to ride share or take the bus. Because it is REALLY expensive to add a little more to the system.
My SUV holds 30 gallons, not 12 gallons and in the U.S. at least, SUVs (and trucks which also have large gas tanks) are VERY common.
The China problem sounds like a quality control issue, not specific to the tech.
It's true that Lithium Ion battery fires are harder to deal with but this can be mitigated by having the appropriate suppression material.
I'm not sure how transportation capacity can possibly be decreasing. Again, speaking form a U.S. perspective, there are always new roads being built or existing ones being expanded. New railways being built, more and newer airliners being built, etc. As far as oil production, the U.S. is setting new records.
As far as electricity production, while it has not kept up with demand, it does continue to increase with recent years having the highest production levels. It's true that coal and petroleum capacity specifically has reduced, but solar and natural gas have increased more than making up for that. A record 4,430 terawatt-hours was produced in 2025. Again, this is speaking of from a U.S. perspective. I'm not as familiar with what is going on in Europe, China, etc.
As far as i know, there is none.
LiIon once started, will burn, even underwater.
And yes, it is because of cheap Chinese quality, but these batteries do not have much tolerance. Large LiIon batteries will always catch on fire. It is why the Tesla has hundreds of little batteries.
And this is just the battery, we haven't talked much about the deadly electrical shock potential.