Soldato
It’s opposite way around in that EV is safer as it’s much less likely to set on fire. They should just have better fire suppression systems and possibly space vehicles out a little more.
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Luton airport...
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Soldato
Latest comments from the fire service are that it was likely started from a diesel vehicle that had arrived shortly before the fire started.
Soldato
My bicycle hasn't caught fire yet.
Could it be a charger fault?
This is more likely than a pure EV just catching fire right?
Isn't diesel really difficult to ignite?
Soldato
Odd. I would have thought it'd be unlikely to be Diesel.
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Compared to petrol, and various other liquid fuels, sure. But if you have enough heat and a continuous flame - both things that a faulty vehicle can easily provide - then it'll burn just fine.
If it was a diesel it must surely have started by something in the car or someone setting the car alight?
I guess we'll find out soon enough
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I think the point on ev's and fire is that if a petrol car catches fire you can put it out in 20 mins with a fire extinguisher. If an EV catches fire it can burn for days and be almost impossible to put out.
Soldato
The fire is controlled and extinguished now: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-67075159
That very fact suggests it's NOT an electric vehicle at the heart of it...they're almost impossible to extinguish once alight.
That very fact suggests it's NOT an electric vehicle at the heart of it...they're almost impossible to extinguish once alight.
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That 2018 merseyside multi-storey fire rpt : https://www.bafsa.org.uk/wp-content...er/2018/12/Merseyside-FRS-Car-Park-Report.pdf
hmmh - Running fuel fires, due to failure of plastic fuel tanks, in early stages of vehicle firescan be expected. It is estimated 85% of European vehicles have plastic fuel tanks
similar norway fire - the many ev's weren't observational, by firemen, blamed more than ice, albeit no post mortem on batteries.
- not obvious they identified patient zero in either case.
hmmh - Running fuel fires, due to failure of plastic fuel tanks, in early stages of vehicle firescan be expected. It is estimated 85% of European vehicles have plastic fuel tanks
similar norway fire - the many ev's weren't observational, by firemen, blamed more than ice, albeit no post mortem on batteries.
- not obvious they identified patient zero in either case.
Soldato
It was a 16 year Land Rover for the Liverpool one. There’s actually a picture of the vehicle on fire so there’s no doubt.
The fire at the carpark in Norway in 2020 was caused by a diesel Opal Zafira. The interest here in EV contribution was that there are huge number of EVs in Norway (more than 88% of new vehicles sales are EV). However the investigation found that EVs did not contribute beyond any conventional vehicle to the fire.
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House prices just tipped in your favour
Not with fire
It’s really not and I prefer to make decisions based on evidence rather than the feels.
While the data is still building, but what data there is suggests EVs are considerably less likely to catch fire than an ICE car as has already been posted.
So far I've seen two theories on twitter
EV's and "Muslims"
Or a Muslim driving an EV?
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Just as well hydrogen hasnt (nad likely never will) take hold for mass transport
They would have been investigating a crater where the car park used to be if 1200 hydrogen tanks had exploded
They would have been investigating a crater where the car park used to be if 1200 hydrogen tanks had exploded
At least it would live up to the hyperbole.