> Surely this is a distinction without a difference though?
I don't think so - ICE cars are going to have much less wiring (that can catch fire) than electric vehicles.
IOW, if you think poor wiring in cars is a fire problem now, you can't also claim that cars with more wiring will be a smaller fire problem.
Hence I called it FUD - If cars are mostly catching fire due to electrical problems, putting more electrical components (like wiring) that carries more current (max in an ICE car is maybe 60A for starter cables, and 10A - 15A for everything else), it's pure FUD that increasing the wiring, and increasing the current carried in the electrical system will cause fewer fires.
I just don't see how adding more fire-causing components, and increasing the current is going to result in fewer fires.
I don't think so - ICE cars are going to have much less wiring (that can catch fire) than electric vehicles.
IOW, if you think poor wiring in cars is a fire problem now, you can't also claim that cars with more wiring will be a smaller fire problem.
Hence I called it FUD - If cars are mostly catching fire due to electrical problems, putting more electrical components (like wiring) that carries more current (max in an ICE car is maybe 60A for starter cables, and 10A - 15A for everything else), it's pure FUD that increasing the wiring, and increasing the current carried in the electrical system will cause fewer fires.
I just don't see how adding more fire-causing components, and increasing the current is going to result in fewer fires.