Should I buy an EV - real world advice needed.
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narabdela
who?
...and will quite possibly be attributed to an EV after evidence is found.
OK. Two points of view, both speculative.
Ponty
pfm Member
Did a bit of research last night. Seems the claimed range is pie in the sky. Even using the aircon screws it but more worrying is winter use, seems you’d do very well to get 200 miles out of it and likely far less. Nice idea but that’s hopeless. Until there’s a step change in battery tech, for me at least, it’s a second car for running around in, unviable without an ICE car on the drive as well IMHO.
ETA. Ran an insurance aggregator, circa 2.5X current cost.
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dan m
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Yes, but which is more likely to make front page news?
Whilst an EV may (or may not) have started the fire it certainly involved ICE vehicles as well. The more unnerving aspect is the fire spreading to such effect, but it's not the first time this has happened - see this investigation report from a previous incident at Stavander airport:-
https://risefr.com/media/publikasjo...re-in-stavanger-airport-cark-park-7-january-2
CHE
A couple of years ago, a local shopping centre was so badly damaged it had to close for two years because of a similar fire. Even down to the same make and model of car.
(The car started to catch fire as it was being driven in, but car parks are long, one-way roads with no way to turn around, and the driver had to abandon it for their own safety once it was inside. After that, the same story: inadequate fire suppression allowed it to spread and exposed structural steel meant the whole building was irreparably compromised)
(The car started to catch fire as it was being driven in, but car parks are long, one-way roads with no way to turn around, and the driver had to abandon it for their own safety once it was inside. After that, the same story: inadequate fire suppression allowed it to spread and exposed structural steel meant the whole building was irreparably compromised)
gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
NeilR
pfm Member
If it is found to be an EV, i have no issue with that as it would be a fact. What I don’t want to see is right wing style culture war propaganda without any evidence
from the BBC, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67073446
Andy Hopkinson, Bedfordshire's chief fire officer, said the service had "no intelligence than to suggest it was anything other than an accidental fire".
He said it was thought the fire started with a diesel car, and then spread through the car park.
He praised his team and confirmed no members of the public were harmed.
The car park, which can hold 1,900 vehicles, did not appear to have sprinklers, according to Mr Hopkinson.
He told reporters that the car park's open sides would have allowed the fire to spread "horizontally" before it went up through the building.
Firefighters were staying on site to monitor the "smouldering remains".
Andy Hopkinson, Bedfordshire's chief fire officer, said the service had "no intelligence than to suggest it was anything other than an accidental fire".
He said it was thought the fire started with a diesel car, and then spread through the car park.
He praised his team and confirmed no members of the public were harmed.
The car park, which can hold 1,900 vehicles, did not appear to have sprinklers, according to Mr Hopkinson.
He told reporters that the car park's open sides would have allowed the fire to spread "horizontally" before it went up through the building.
Firefighters were staying on site to monitor the "smouldering remains".
Ponty
pfm Member
Agreed, horses for courses. Once the tech improves, they’ll work for more courses.
Bob McC
Living the life of Riley
Neurotic post.
gingermrkettle
Deep vein trombonist
Fire service have identified a diesel car as the ignition source, as would be expected given fires are more likely from ICE cars.
In my case because I had the money, its value has almost doubled in 8 years and because there is no effective taxation of property in the UK. I like the extra space and the extra heating is negligible. I spent many years in a poky little house, the current one is a more pleasant place to be. I could have bought a smaller place and invested the rest, but the returns would have been less. I am effectively being paid to live in a house bigger than I need.
narabdela
who?
I'm sorry, but this seems to be another of your somewhat neurotic posts.
I've never voted for a right of centre political party, but I wouldn't consider buying an electric vehicle at the moment, given their present stage of development. I think you've been watching too much Jeremy Clarkson.
Interesting that it's a diesel, but most car fires are electrical in origin and any fuel will do once they start. LR electrical systems are not the best in the industry.