"You have government wanting to encourage EV uptake .... and you've got fire services doing everything they can to stop it."
- EVs on the road worldwide in 2024: 40 million
- Confirmed incidents of battery fires in EVs worldwide from 2010 to June 2024: 580
- Proportion of these battery fires where EVs were connected to charger: 15 per cent
- EVs in Australia: More than 200,000
- EV battery fires in Australia since 2021: Nine
- Number of these battery fires where EV was connected to charger: One.
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