Quit comparing them to gasoline powered cars. We have a car more than qualified to compare it to, the Nissan Leaf. So the real question is, in comparable accidents is the Leaf as prone to a fire that destroys the vehicle? Was a compromise made in the S with the pack design so as to facilitate pack swaps that perhaps made it vulnerable when it would not have otherwise been? Also, is the battery design more susceptible to fires than that employed by other cars, namely the Leaf?

I am a fan of alternative methods to power car and motorcycles. Yet the questions for each is the same, what are the safety issues with each and what compromises end up affecting safety?