He drives a Tesla off a cliff and what everyone was expecting doesn't happen.

No one doubts that among the cars on the market, and especially within the electric segment, Tesla's is a benchmark, and that if it weren't for its high price, many more drivers would buy one. However, many drivers are put off by the belief that electric cars are much more flammable and cannot be easily turned off, which poses a risk to their safety and that of everyone nearby.

A narrative has emerged regarding electric cars that, because they have lithium batteries, they are more prone to catching fire and that these batteries cannot be easily turned off, which poses a greater danger because the fire could spread.

But according to information gathered by the OCU (National Consumer Organization), the first thing to know is that the risk of fire in an electric car is less likely than in other vehicles . A combustion car, whether diesel or gasoline, highly flammable fuels, "has a 10 times greater risk of catching fire than an electric car."

What is certain is that, although an electric vehicle is less likely to catch fire than any other vehicle, putting out the flames is much more complicated than with gasoline or diesel vehicles. Even so, for an electric vehicle to catch fire, there must be an accident that causes damage to the batteries or, in a rarer case, a defect in them .

And there are cases where not even that works, as an American YouTuber has put Tesla cars to the test, and although his video really has no intention of proving that they don't catch fire easily , but rather to generate views for the extravagant things he does, it is undoubtedly great publicity for Tesla to show that its cars don't catch fire easily.

This is because Danny Duncan (@dannyduncan69) had the "clever" idea of ​​throwing his Tesla Model 3 off a cliff . Although his intention was to "get rid of the car" after several years of use, the result of the throw has generated many comments on social media commenting on how this car did not catch fire.

The video doesn't have much more to it than that: he drives the car off a cliff and it explodes, but surprisingly, it doesn't burst into flames or anything. Perhaps we've seen too many Hollywood movies with Tom Cruise featuring big explosions, but the reality is that the car doesn't burst into flames.

Possibly unintentionally, this YouTuber has provided one of the best free advertisements for Tesla in recent years, showing those who were skeptical about buying an electric car for this reason that they have no reason to worry.