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# EV Suicide of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/ev-suicide-of-the-day/
- Published: 2022-12-20T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-19T07:24:55.000Z
- Author: Cam Slater
- Tags: Fun Stuff, NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

So sad.

Why do Electric Vehicles keep setting themselves on fire in ever-increasing numbers?

> Peugeot New Zealand has confirmed that it is investigating an electric car fire that occurred earlier this week in Wellington.  
>  
> The fire took place in the early hours of Monday morning (December 19), with firefighters arriving on the scene at 3.41am according to an incident report issued online.  
>  
> The EV in question was a [2022 Peugeot e-208 GT](https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/evs/126241921/head-to-head-the-three-cheapest-evs-in-new-zealand?rm=a&ref=goodoil.news); a fully electric hatchback launched to the New Zealand market in late 2021.  
>  
> Stuff

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/the_bfd_evfire.jpg)

Guess which one is an EV? The BFD. Photoshop by Lushington Brady.

[Read more here. ](https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/130815615/fire-destroys-new-ev-in-wellington-car-company-launches-investigation?ref=goodoil.news)Discuss it on *The BFD.*

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