per inside EVS three rivian Amazon electric delivery Vans caught fire in Houston Texas this week Amazon uses thousands of rivian edvs to cut emissions and expand its Fleet the incident was captured by drone operator Third Coast drone on July 1st the temperature that they reached nearly 100° F rivan and Amazon are investigating the cause rivan stated there were no injuries Amazon thanked the Houston fire department for their rapid response immediate safety precautions were taken including turning off Chargers connected to the damaged circuit panel Amazon electrical engineers confirmed that other chargers were safe studies show electric vehicles Catch Fire less often than combustion engine Vehicles however lithium ion battery fires are dramatic and hard to extinguish due to Thermal runaway Norway found ice vehicles are four to five times more likely to catch fire than EVS you are listening to Yu on news