Electric Cars. Fact Or Fiction

[Cyclunt 60]

Theres also the morality of mining Lithium and Cobalt. News reports say its heavily dependent on borderline slave labour to mine it.  I don't suppose Mr and Mrs Posh will care when their new electric car is delivered 

[hackey lad 3,987]

12 minutes ago, RollingJ said:

It means that disassembling them and recovering the components for  re-use isn't cost effective.

but thought that was the same as recycling 

[Dardandec 32]

No going back now, governments world wide are pushing for EV's and car manufactures have spend billions developing them. I once met a training guy who specialised in bike mechanic training, used to develop for Kawasaki. He told me there was a massive problem in Germany with house fires due to people charging their cars with dodgy extension cables etc.

[RollingJ 2,045]

9 hours ago, hackey lad said:

but thought that was the same as recycling 

It does, but it is not practical to 'recycle' them at present.

[*Wallace* 333]

11 hours ago, geared said:

  

 

 

The recent fire at Luton Airport was caused by a Diesel vehicle, they're still perfectly capable of causing plenty of damage.

 

Hybrid and it was the lithium battery started the fire nothing to do with diesel.

[Organgrinder 1,946]

I believe in going green but said long ago that electric cars alone can never be the answer.

Add that to the fact that our electricity is not green anyway and,  at this rate of progress,  won't be for a very long time.

[kidneystone 23]

 

[geared 319]

1 hour ago, *Wallace* said:

Hybrid and it was the lithium battery started the fire nothing to do with diesel.

It says it was a Diesel powered vehicle; 

 

here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/what-caused-the-luton-airport-fire-b2429048.html

 

here: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-10-11/fire-service-chief-cause-of-luton-airport-car-park-fire

 

and here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67077996

 

The final link also has a video, which to me looks like the back end of a 2018-2022 Range Rover Sport.  I'm not 100% sure, but I think that model only had Hybrid's with Petrol engines and not Diesel.

[HeHasRisen 3,410]

6 minutes ago, geared said:

It says it was a Diesel powered vehicle; 

 

here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/what-caused-the-luton-airport-fire-b2429048.html

 

here: https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2023-10-11/fire-service-chief-cause-of-luton-airport-car-park-fire

 

and here https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67077996

 

The final link also has a video, which to me looks like the back end of a 2018-2022 Range Rover Sport.  I'm not 100% sure, but I think that model only had Hybrid's with Petrol engines and not Diesel.

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue also confirmed it was a diesel vehicle, of course the conspiracy theorists are out in force over this one.

Edited October 13, 2023 by HeHasRisen
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[Bargepole23 337]

Just now, HeHasRisen said:

Bedforeshire Fire and Rescue also confirmed it was a diesel vehicle, of course the conspiracy theorist are out in force over this one.

Hopefully Wallace will get in touch and set them straight.

[El Cid 221]

12 hours ago, geared said:

 

The recent fire at Luton Airport was caused by a Diesel vehicle, they're still perfectly capable of causing plenty of damage.

 

People are very much influenced by what they see online and electric car fires are all over.

15 minutes ago, geared said:

The final link also has a video, which to me looks like the back end of a 2018-2022 Range Rover Sport.  I'm not 100% sure, but I think that model only had Hybrid's with Petrol engines and not Diesel.

If you search Ebay, it brings up 900 petrol/diesel to only 25 hybrids, so you are just guessing against the odds.

[geared 319]

1 hour ago, El Cid said:

People are very much influenced by what they see online and electric car fires are all over.

 

 

It's a known problem, pretty much all RORO shipping companies flat out refuse to take a used EV, only accepting one straight from the factory.  Same goes for the battery packs.  When they do go up, it's a big problem.

 

1 hour ago, El Cid said:

If you search Ebay, it brings up 900 petrol/diesel to only 25 hybrids, so you are just guessing against the odds.

What are you on about?