I'll just leave this here...... scary!
(Dunno if it'll actually STAY here mind
(Dunno if it'll actually STAY here mind
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I've done 15k in mine, it hasn't caught fire once
keithski122
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Seen a lot of petrol vw camper vans on fire.
errrrrr.
I remember one one sunday afternoon on what is now Sainsbury's petrol station . . .
My Old Landy
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In 1978 I was a passenger in my father's Mini pickup. The battery is under the seat in the pickup.
It shorted on the seat frame and made it a very interesting trip!
He put the fire out by beating it with gloved hands.
It hasn't put me off petrol cars though
It shorted on the seat frame and made it a very interesting trip!
He put the fire out by beating it with gloved hands.
It hasn't put me off petrol cars though
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Christ that's lucky! Sell it quick
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Some years ago I had a camper based on an old Merc 307D.In 1978 I was a passenger in my father's Mini pickup. The battery is under the seat in the pickup.
It shorted on the seat frame and made it a very interesting trip!
He put the fire out by beating it with gloved hands.
It hasn't put me off petrol cars though
Leaving a campsite one morning, it sounded a bit graunchy starting up but I didn't take much notice until I tried to pull out onto the road and there as a loud clang, followed by a burning-insulation smell. The starter motor had fallen off and lodged between the block and a chassis leg. It had landed just right to wedge the terminals against the bare metal.
The battery was under the passenger seat on these. Cue frantic scrabbling to find an 8mm spanner, turf the Mrs out of the way, pull the seat cushion off and undo the terminal before it all caught fire. Then yet another trip on a recovery truck and a whole day waiting around while it got fixed.
There were lots of episodes like that one, I spent more time fixing the thing than driving it. She gets a nervous twitch every time I mention getting another one...
I've only seen one car battery fire up close - & that was in a mate's car many moons ago (a nice Vauxhall VX4/90 that I was in, that he'd just crashed). The biff shorted the battery against the bonnet.
Scrabble to wrench the buckled bonnet open etc and all was OK (well the car was stuffed, but not on fire).
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True but there is normally fair warning something is wrong way before the event, what botheres me is these things going up in flames when on charge,not nice in the middle of the night. I am pro leccy cars but wouldn’t have one on charge anywhere near my home.
Bob
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I reckon a lot of the issues are due to the forcing of masses of energy fast into batteries (also the energy density being crammed-in to cells).
Fast charging might be a desirable selling point to make the refuelling events less inconvenient and more attractive to punters - but I for sure see it as a higher risk and detrimental to cells long-term.
In fact - I think a lot of the issues people have with the EV is that it's bring forced as a direct replacement for an ICE in all scenarios & applications... which doesn't make best use of the tech. To me a battery car makes sense as a low power, short distance commuter runabout - this usage pattern of base-to-base, local runs is where the tech works.
I meant the forcing & pushing the tech to the limits for impressive performance claims.
That said - Govts mandating that new ICE's get banned by 2030 (now slipped to 2035) actually does mean that there is an intent to force the EV upon the buying public (EV or no car, basically).
So "not quite yet" in reality... but its already chambered & waiting for the trigger pull!
