Video: Electric Taxi Explodes In a Crash in China

It was hit by a drunk in a Nissan GT-R.

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Further slowing the adoption of electric vehicles, an electric BYD taxi exploded in China when it was hit by a drunk who was reportedly distracted by female passengers while driving his Nissan GT-R. After a recent series of publicised car battery explosions and fires, we're all just wanting to know if batteries are more or less likely to be set aflame in a crash than gasoline.

[via Jalopnik]

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