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9fingers wrote:...
Waitrose of course will fit Tesla connector to their charging points
Bob
RogerS wrote:Wonder when the first fatality of someone wearing a pacemaker walking over one of these pads might be ?
Woodster wrote:RogerS wrote:Wonder when the first fatality of someone wearing a pacemaker walking over one of these pads might be ?
That’s easily dealt with!
the bear wrote:I've not commented on this thread before as its not something I know much about, though I'm sure in the near future we'll end up with an electric car.
However we had a bit of an incident in my lane last week. One of the houses further up the lane had their electric car literally explode on the drive. Luckily no one in it and no one hurt. I wasn't home but I'm told by the people opposite it was like an exploding shell (he's ex forces so should know) noise wise and a hell of a fire. I'me told it wasn't even plugged in, just sat there. I can see the damage to the house through a bit of a sparse hedge, All the windows on that side blown in and now boarded, melted frames, roof tile damage, rafter ends burnt, bricks all black, possibly a crack in the wall hard to tell for sure, been told they will be out of the house for 9 months. I don't actually know them but I do know their next door neighbour well who has shown me a photo of the car after being put out and all thats left is the chassis.
Car is a BMW and about a year old, not sure what model. BMW collected it a few days later in hazmat gear and asking people not to photo it (I bet they were)
I thought this was one of those urban myths but clearly not having seen the aftermath for myself.
Mark
RogerS wrote:
Wow...I'd certainly not buy a BMW EV as a result of this.
Woodster wrote:RogerS wrote:
Wow...I'd certainly not buy a BMW EV as a result of this.
Car fires aren’t uncommon. Vauxhall and Toyota had problems a few years back. These days it seems to be Ford and BMW.
Some time ago it was laptops with Sony batteries in them. Let’s not forget there are also about 300 house fires a year in the UK due to domestic appliance faults, and in spite of this some folks are still daft enough to switch them on when they go to bed.
RogerS wrote:
Sony laptops and BMW EV cars exploding have one thing in common. Lithium batteries.
Sodium instead of lithium
RogerS wrote:And the other side of the coin from the same article
In July, battery electric vehicle registrations again overtook diesel cars, but registrations of petrol vehicles far outstripped both.
and from another graph posted earlier
28% of UK consumers willing to buy an EV over the next five years. There simply is NO major imperative that is encouraging people in the UK to buy, it seems to me, Price is a big factor.
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