2 fatalities in horror crash

What you should consider after accidents involving electric cars

The two young occupants died in the wreck.

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Two young people - aged 17 and 18 - died in a horrific crash in Upper Austria on Sunday night. The two teenagers burned to death in the e-car. The accident reinforces the myth that electric vehicles are more dangerous than combustion engines. Krone+ checked this assumption.

A look at the statistics from Swiss insurer AXA shows that drivers of electric cars cause 50 percent more collisions involving damage to their own vehicle. This is mainly due to the powerful vehicles. Electric cars generally have more horsepower. "The more powerful the vehicle, the more often drivers cause damage to their own or other vehicles," confirms Michael Pfäffli, Head of Accident Research and Prevention.