Richard Hammond injured in crash while filming Season 2 of The Grand Tour

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06-12-2017, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by s2000Junky

Damn, he was just involved in one with the rocket car a couple years ago. I bet this shook him up! Hope this doesn't curb his appetite for what he's doing on the show. Glad he didn't get seriously hurt.

Believe it or not that was over a decade ago actually! September 2006.

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06-12-2017, 10:19 AM

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Wow! Seeing that the car burnt to a crisp, would electric cars be more prone to catching fire in an accident? Serious question, because I have no idea?!?!?!

Maybe, depending on how the battery cells get damaged - the Teslas that have caught fire after crashes or even incidental damage, plus batteries simply exploding in consumer electronics, are good examples of this. Yes they can catch fire, but so can the 10 gallons of gasoline you have in your car today.

The one thing 20 years of electric cars on the roads have shown us is that explosions are not that common nor catastrophic.