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It could be subsidised to the point of being almost free and some people will still not use it! It's cheaper, for some people, to get an Uber for every journey than to run a car. All the time that is the case, travellers will merely swap one form of private transport for another.

I don't know, but the cause of *this* fire was a diesel. Not even a diesel-hybrid, a good, old-fashioned oil burner. So why the chat continues to centre around BEVs is a bit baffling. No-one is saying EVs are the answer to everything - or are perfect - but trying to pin the blame on them for...

What about diesels? Like the one at the heart of this disaster?

Fun fact: it actually does. 'EVs tend to weigh a lot more than internal combustion engine cars: A Tesla Model 3 Performance with AWD weighs 4,065 pounds -- 379 pounds more than a BMW 330i XDrive. A Tesla Model S Long Range weighs 4,560 pounds -- 510 pounds more than a BMW 540i XDrive, which is...

Really? Because when I put another 'side', you accused me of peddling misinformation, accusing me of not checking my facts (unlikely, given I'm a journalist) and getting my information from RW media. When, in reality, I speak to people every day who either drive EVs, run fleets of EVs or supply...

"EV tyres lasting 6,350 miles fewer than petrol or diesel, fleet data shows Tyres fitted to electric vehicles (EVs) are lasting, on average, 6,350 fewer miles than those fitted to petrol or diesel cars, new fleet data from epyx suggests. The first tyre change for electric cars is taking place...

The 'affluent EV owner market' is tiny. The overwhelming majority of EV drivers are from fleet/business, who acquire their vehicles on a lease via a company car or Salary Sacrifice scheme.

That's nice, dear. Only a Model 3 is roughly the same size as a BMW 3er (and weighs more) so if hope it WOULD weigh less than the larger 5-Series. As for 'facts', I can dig out a couple of recent press releases I got about increased tyre wear in EVs - including survey data - in the morning if...

Another negative thing about what is, IMHO, a truly AWFUL vehicle.

No. A big fack off battery pack (and electric motors and other gubbins) is heavier than the engine it replaces. Another side effect is that tyres don't last as long as they did on ICE cars.

A diesel vehicle caught fire and 'the spread to other vehicles' was ALSO rapid. And that car park wasn't 'designed' for ANY type of vehicle fire. And that WAS a major incident. So what's your point? The bigger issue, IMO, with older car parks and EVs is the extra weight of them and whether the...

And for those running diesel cars? ???

Just seen a video that suggests it was a Range Rover that started the fire... Which means that the OUTRAGE will switch from the anti-EV mob to the anti-SUV mob. Even though it's an Evoque, not a 'proper' Range Rover. :lol:

That's the trouble with those pesky diesel EVs – ALWAYS catching fire...

I agree that car use needs addressing, even as someone who works in the automotive industry, the whole 'rise of the EVs' message doesn't sit quite rightly with me. Trouble is, people are never going to give up their private transport, regardless of what powers it. Even if people don't have their...

I find the anti-EV mob (yeah, I'm calling them a mob) will say literally anything negative about battery cars to make themselves feel better, whether it's true or not (spoiler alert, a lot of the time it's not). Clearly it's not a perfect solution, but the level of opposition to BEVs (and even...

And surely when it's fully charged, it just shuts off, therefore not generating any more heat to, er, overheat?

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