electric cars

[mrmod]

Dan if a gas powered car hits a wall at 60 MPH there is a good probability that it will indeed burn. If a line or the tank is ruptured then morso. With todays cars and fuel injection the fuel systems are pressurized. A rupture in a high pressure fuel line creates a gas mist and alot more fumes which are actually what burns or explodes. The trick is to keep the fuel in an enclosed space where it can not turn to that fume or invisable gasious state that makes it flamable.

You are right (but i was talking about petrol and not gas). None the less if gas is pressurised it is even more dangerous (flammable is even worse). Gas is very different as it can escape better than a liquid.Hydrogen is dangerous in an internal combustion engine but a car that electrolyses water in order to create energy sounds much safer.