Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

That one sounds like the battery burned.... I think we need to be really careful not to blame fires on batteries where they take no part in it.

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Where is your evidence for that? There is no indication at all in the article that hints at the battery being the cause. Given the car we know it's not a phev, so the battery would have been at rest. Toyota would have a mighty big recall if all their hybrid batteries start spontaneously combusting when parked. I suspect you think it's the battery that caused it because of your cognitive bias about battery fires.

My friend own's a hyundai which was subject to this recall. They said something like "don't park it in the garage until it's been fixed" in the letter. 12v is enough to start other things burning. Maybe we should tell everyone to disconnect their battery when parked?

https://www.drive.com.au/news/invest...-to-fire-risk/

Crikey, you lot carry on.

An EV i just another type of car, you choose the type of ICE car that suits your needs, ranging from smaller engined vehicles for around town to larger for interstate cruising, diesel vs petrol dependent on your needs. Same with one EV compared to another EV brand or EV compared to ICE.

If an EV does not suit your need dont buy one, if it does then buy one but stop carrying on.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Crikey, you lot carry on.

An EV i just another type of car, you choose the type of ICE car that suits your needs, ranging from smaller engined vehicles for around town to larger for interstate cruising, diesel vs petrol dependent on your needs. Same with one EV compared to another EV brand or EV compared to ICE.

If an EV does not suit your need dont buy one, if it does then buy one but stop carrying on.

You're looking at it from the wrong perspective. Forget the fact it is a car, the worry is the fact it is a mobile giant battery

Originally Posted by 101RRS

If an EV does not suit your need dont buy one, if it does then buy one but stop carrying on.

Your forgetting one thing,they are trying to force them on us no matter what we want or what our needs are.

Anyway,that is a topic for CA.

Originally Posted by scarry

Anyway,that is a topic for CA.

Shouldn’t be, but the reasons for it definitely is.

Originally Posted by scarry

Your forgetting one thing,they are trying to force them on us no matter what we want or what our needs are.

Who is "they", I don't feel any pressure to change to EVs - the exception was the ACT Govt recent policy that no new ICE vehicle could be sold after something like 2035 but that has since been revised.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Who is "they", I don't feel any pressure to change to EVs - the exception was the ACT Govt recent policy that no new ICE vehicle could be sold after something like 2035 but that has since been revised.

If you look at NVES,New Vehicle Emission Standards,and how it is structured over the next 5 yrs,all will be revealed.

Originally Posted by scarry

If you look at NVES,New Vehicle Emission Standards,and how it is structured over the next 5 yrs,all will be revealed.

And this is why:
First climate risk assessment finds 1.5m Australians at risk from sea level rise by 2050 - ABC News