* "Because the lower the flash point, the more
hazardous the fire risk, flammable electrolyte solvents in Li-ion batteries are more or less
as hazardous as conventional vehicular fuels."
* "Because the narrower the flammability range, the less hazardous the
fire risk, flammable electrolytic solvents in Li-ion batteries are about as hazardous as
conventional vehicular fuels, and certainly less hazardous than hydrogen."
* "Because the lower the minimum ignition temperature, the more hazardous the fire risk,
flammable electrolytic solvents are not as hazardous as conventional vehicular fuels."
* "Because the lower the minimum spark energy, the
more hazardous the fire risk, flammable electrolytic solvents are probably about as
hazardous as conventional vehicular fuels."
* "Because the lower the maximum flame temperature the lower
the exposure risk (skin burns) to fire, electrolytic solvents are expected to pose no more
of a severe risk to burn injuries than conventional vehicular fuels, gasoline and diesel."
* "Because of the probable similarity in the magnitude of the maximum flame temperatures,
if the combustion of the electrolytic solvents were confined, the resulting overpressure
that could build up would maximize at about the same levels as for the other flammable
fuels, meaning that the burst damage that would result from Li-ion explosions would also
be comparable to that from conventional vehicular fuels."
* "The thermal energy expected to be released upon initiation and combustion of the
electrolytic solvents would be less than that of gasoline and diesel fuel."
Also don't forget that the millions of miles and hundreds of thousands of teslas gives enough size to have statistically comparable results to ice engines, and it looks great for tesla. Edit - here's an article on this from a few years ago https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-blog-post-on-tesla...
(/sarcasm)