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Started by David L, March 10, 2025, 09:38:02 AM

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David L

#45
June 16, 2025, 05:26:47 PM
EVs causing environmental damage?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0k36v50zvro

David L

#48
June 18, 2025, 03:32:09 PM

pxr5

#49
June 18, 2025, 05:33:05 PM
Had our home charger installed today. Only took a couple of hours. I think we could easily have managed without but it's a lot cheaper to charge at home, if quite a bit slower. Put it round the far side of our garage, so it's nicely out of the way.
"Oh, for the wings of any bird other than a Battery hen."

David L

#50
July 13, 2025, 08:32:31 PM

The Picnic Wasp

#51
July 13, 2025, 09:57:08 PM
Quote from: pxr5 on June 18, 2025, 05:33:05 PMHad our home charger installed today. Only took a couple of hours. I think we could easily have managed without but it's a lot cheaper to charge at home, if quite a bit slower. Put it round the far side of our garage, so it's nicely out of the way.

Thinking recently it might be wise to have one installed even if I was only thinking of a plug in hybrid at some stage.

It turns out however, that my house, being built in the 50s has a looped (with neighbouring house) electricity supply. This means installing a charger would be dangerous as things stand. I thought this was going to be a major issue and expensive to change but it turns out that the grid companies will excavate and reinstate free of charge, such is the government pressure to get us all driving electric cars.

Still a bit of form filling and planning application to go through, but I think the company selling the charging system takes care of most of that too. I'd better get a move on though as it will all take a few months.

S P Energy were excellent to deal with on the phone which is a strange but satisfying thing to report.

Nickslikk2112

#52
July 13, 2025, 09:57:35 PM
Hey, Geoff Buys Cars, if the 5p cut in Fuel Duty hadn't happened in 2022/23 and then frozen to 2025/26 the Government would have an extra £10billion (based on the OBR estimate of an extra £2.6 billion when it is reversed in 2026/27)

So go stock your Petrol Head up your anal sphincter Geoff :)

Although £703m would be better off spent by the Government doing a Tebbit and telling people ON YER BIKE*!


*Human powered bike of course not an Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle and certainly not an illegal Electric Motorcycle.

David L

#53
July 17, 2025, 09:38:33 PM
Another Lithium battery plant fire, this time in Taiwan. Twelve workers and 3 firefighters injured. Preliminary loss estimate - US$154.5m. Toxic air requires monitoring for at least 3 days.
A pretty regular occurrence these days.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/6157873

David L

#54
July 17, 2025, 11:49:37 PM
:o
One of Hawaii's main shipping companies will no longer transport EVs citing fire risk:

https://www.khon2.com/local-news/electric-vehicles-will-be-harder-to-access-in-hawaii/

David L

#55
August 01, 2025, 01:02:16 PM
The madness continues - Hyundai issue warning to Ioniq 5 owners. "Park outside, away from structures"  ;D

https://www.autoblog.com/news/fire-risk-hyundai-ioniq-5s-worst-recall-year

Slim

#56
August 01, 2025, 01:56:38 PM
That's actually due to a manufacturing failure, it's not an inherent problem with EVs. And as your article points out, it affects 10 vehicles.

For perspective:

Chrysler recalled approximately 2,700,000 petrol-driven Jeeps due to concerns over the risk of fuel leakage and fire in 2013. More than 70 deaths and fifty-eight injuries, court cases, nine figure payouts.

General Motors issued a recall for 413,418 petrol Chevrolet Cruzes in 2012, due to a risk of engine compartment fires. Thirty fires are known to have occurred due to the problem (trapped fluids near hot exhaust or engine components), according to GM.

Last month (July 2025) Ford recalled 694,271 petrol SUVs over concerns that cracked fuel injectors could cause the vehicle to catch fire. Eight actual fires were linked to the faulty injectors.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Cruze

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Grand_Cherokee

https://attorneygroup.com/blog/jeep-fuel-tank-recall

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-recalls-over-694000-us-vehicles-over-fire-risk-2025-07-16

David L

#57
August 02, 2025, 01:11:29 PM
Quote from: Slim on August 01, 2025, 01:56:38 PMThat's actually due to a manufacturing failure, it's not an inherent problem with EVs. And as your article points out, it affects 10 vehicles.

For perspective:

Chrysler recalled approximately 2,700,000 petrol-driven Jeeps due to concerns over the risk of fuel leakage and fire in 2013. More than 70 deaths and fifty-eight injuries, court cases, nine figure payouts.

General Motors issued a recall for 413,418 petrol Chevrolet Cruzes in 2012, due to a risk of engine compartment fires. Thirty fires are known to have occurred due to the problem (trapped fluids near hot exhaust or engine components), according to GM.

Last month (July 2025) Ford recalled 694,271 petrol SUVs over concerns that cracked fuel injectors could cause the vehicle to catch fire. Eight actual fires were linked to the faulty injectors.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Cruze

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_Grand_Cherokee

https://attorneygroup.com/blog/jeep-fuel-tank-recall

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ford-recalls-over-694000-us-vehicles-over-fire-risk-2025-07-16

Good work. Main takeaway - Chrysler have sold a lot of Jeeps

Slim

#59
August 02, 2025, 09:16:21 PM
Quote from: David L on August 02, 2025, 01:11:29 PMGood work. Main takeaway - Chrysler have sold a lot of Jeeps

That's fair, but it wasn't my main takeaway. Petrol vehicles are a lot bigger fire risk than EVs. That's mine.
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