Two women in China have trended on mainland social media after jumping out of a moving electric car on a highway because they thought they smelt petrol and were frightened the vehicle would explode.

As far too many people who try to light a bonfire with it learn the hard way, gasoline likes to explode. Inside an engine, that's usually a good thing, but in order to make the tiny explosions happen ...

Emergency services were called following reports of an ‘exploding car’ on a Gwent A-road yesterday (Tuesday, November 4). The incident happened on A4048, Tredegar around 8.08pm after an eye witness ...