LannyPC
TUG Member
I actually should have directed you to this video:
They need an onboard fire suppression system installed by the dealer so survivability increases. :-/Elk Grove father says he grateful to be alive after Tesla catches fire near Highway 99
Bishal Malla said he had been out running errands nearby and was about to get on Highway 99 near Cosumnes River Boulevard when he felt his car start shaking.www.kcra.com
Kelley Blue Book review of car fires and the types of vehicles most likely to catch fire.
Don't try to present @Carolinian with facts; it just confuses him. I think he'd rather just believe the memes posted on his far-right websites.Kelley Blue Book review of car fires and the types of vehicles most likely to catch fire.
Don't try to present @Carolinian with facts; it just confuses him. I think he'd rather just believe the memes posted on his far-right websites.
And with that I brought this thread full circle from where I started it.
Kurt
Popular plug-in hybrids work quietly as training wheels for EV revolution
The cars that get you addicted to driving electric
Plug-in hybrids are the quiet workhorses of the electric revolution
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/05/04/plug-in-hybrids-gateway-evs/
In 2022, plug-in hybrids accounted for almost 30 percent of all electric cars sold, and their sales are rising faster than fully electric vehicles.
That's great. I fully support everyone to drive what they prefer to drive, but the facts are that one if more likely to have a fire in a conventional fuel car vs. an EV. And constantly posting articles about individual incidents of EV fires with the intent to show how "dangerous" they are is just fear-mongering.I would rather keep my MGB even if they gave me one of those for free.
That's great. I fully support everyone to drive what they prefer to drive, but the facts are that one if more likely to have a fire in a conventional fuel car vs. an EV. And constantly posting articles about individual incidents of EV fires with the intent to show how "dangerous" they are is just fear-mongering.
Kurt
To carry your posit to it's logical conclusion, horses and buggies are safer yet due to the FAR less flammable nature of hay and horses**t.A gasoline based fire does not spread nearly as quickly as the thermal runaway in an EV. Even safer are diesel powered cars, as diesel is much less flamable than gas or lithium.
To carry your posit to it's logical conclusion, horses and buggies are safer yet due to the FAR less flammable nature of hay and horses**t.
Once you understand Milankovich cycles and earth science just a bit, you will realize how insignificant atmospheric co2 is. Once you realize this, the rationale of it all is diminished and the motivations appear to be profit.
Bill
Funny how 120 years ago, everybody had horses, and only the very wealthy had cars. Now EVERYBODY has cars and only the wealthy have horses. Go figure.I like horses but when the oil wells eventually run dry I hope we don't have to depend on horses for transportation
Funny how 120 years ago, everybody had horses, and only the very wealthy had cars. Now EVERYBODY has cars and only the wealthy have horses. Go figure.
but one would also know how to spell Milankovitch .. or vich .. and their impact (or non-impact) on climate change
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milankovitch_cycles
https://climate.nasa.gov/
For every one of your fear-mongering, fact-lacking statements on how unsafe EVs are, I can find one of these:A gasoline based fire does not spread nearly as quickly as the thermal runaway in an EV.
Era of AM radio crackles off into sunset
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/13/am-radio-electric-cars/
"Automakers, such as BMW, Volkswagen, Mazda and Tesla, are removing AM radios from new electric vehicles because electric engines can interfere with the sound of AM stations.
And Ford, one of the nation's top-three auto sellers, is taking a bigger step, eliminating AM from all of its vehicles, electric or gas-operated."
I do. Nice news channel in DFW. 1080 AM. Great for traffic info.I wonder how many people use am radio anyway.
Bill