The caption read while virtue signaling to your neighbors your toy Jag it burns up. Best quote, who’s bringing the marshmallows?
11 thoughts on “From Paul, a reader sent this in. An Electric Jaguar burns up in drive way while charging”
Bet that fire released more greenhouse gases than 10,000 cow farts! FJB.
Looks like it took foam to finally put it out.
Especially not good if charging inside a garage.
You can’t fix stupid. Issues with Electric Vehicles (EVs):
1. They drive 40% less then what the dealer says
2. Using A/C, Heat, or other car features uses power and cuts down drive distance
3. To power them a person’s house needs to have an Electrician modify the house’s power so the EVs can be charged when not used (usually overnight), cost around $1K-2K and adds to the houses power costs
4. If a person lives in an Apartment or Condo then charging the EV off the person’s power is not usable
5. The charging stations are not standard for all EVs. So the Federal Government should come up with standards for power plugs, charging amounts, and how the costs are made (Credit Cards, etc)
6. Many charging stations do not work at a location
7. Charging at charging location take time and if people are there using there is long delay unlike at gas station
8. Charging stations have to be found through smart devices and planning when driving
9. The EVs have issues with the batteries over time. When the batteries fail then the EV dies and there is no way to have it working until a replacement battery is installed. These are not standard and based on the vehicle. If the vehicle is still made then at a minimum at will take 2 weeks. Costs are high and the batteries are from overseas. The batteries have been known to overheat and burn causing the car and area to burn.
10. Lack of power, brownouts or blackouts affect charging EVs
11. The USA is using about 1% of EVs and the push is 50% by 2030 but the Electrical Grid cannot support that.
12. The Electrical Grid power is mostly from Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear, and then minor is Wind and Solar.
23. EVs are very expensive, much more then gas vehicles and will not last as long due to the batteries needing to be replaced, which are high cost.
The eventual increase in insurance for evs will become oppressive. Not only do the insurance cos have to pay out the vehicle, but also the for any damage related to the claim…..roadway, other vehicles ,houses..etc.
That Burned-Out Wreck is also a Hazmat Cleanup issue that could run into more than the Insurance is Contracted to Cover- if it even is. If the Fire Co. flushed Toxic Battery Chemicals into the Storm Sewer, Flushing (and Disposing of the Contaminated water) could quickly run $100k.
Even if the Car was only in a Wreck, and didn’t Burn, the Insurance Company now has to Pay Hazmat Disposal of the Battery, and in most cases, even a moderately-damage EV has No Salvage Value, and many Scrap-Metal Dealers don’t want them either, due to the amount of Electronic Scrap in one.
Many different groups have tried to calculate how much the grid would have to be expanded to replace the entire fleet of conventional cars with electric cars (battery cars). The most common answer that I’ve seen seems to come out to between doubling and tripling power generation and distribution. As best as I can, I ran the numbers and I get the same answer: double to triple the power grid.
An important point is that saying double or tripling the grid doesn’t mean just adding generating stations; it includes every wire between those plants and every house or building that will need to accommodate an EV. To include every transformer in the power grid.
Heard anybody talking about that?
correcto mundo SIG
I did the back-of-the-envelope calculation about how many Watt-hour equivalents were transferred with gasoline in 24 hours through that pair of 36″ diameter East coast pipelines.
(Giggle)
so I guess my remarks cant be heard? about you can’t fix STUPID OVER DEGREED MORONS THAT have no common sense. And the techno is not up to par YET?? that comment???
Battery fires are like blow torches. Look em up on useless tube.
Bet that fire released more greenhouse gases than 10,000 cow farts! FJB.
Looks like it took foam to finally put it out.
Especially not good if charging inside a garage.
You can’t fix stupid. Issues with Electric Vehicles (EVs):
1. They drive 40% less then what the dealer says
2. Using A/C, Heat, or other car features uses power and cuts down drive distance
3. To power them a person’s house needs to have an Electrician modify the house’s power so the EVs can be charged when not used (usually overnight), cost around $1K-2K and adds to the houses power costs
4. If a person lives in an Apartment or Condo then charging the EV off the person’s power is not usable
5. The charging stations are not standard for all EVs. So the Federal Government should come up with standards for power plugs, charging amounts, and how the costs are made (Credit Cards, etc)
6. Many charging stations do not work at a location
7. Charging at charging location take time and if people are there using there is long delay unlike at gas station
8. Charging stations have to be found through smart devices and planning when driving
9. The EVs have issues with the batteries over time. When the batteries fail then the EV dies and there is no way to have it working until a replacement battery is installed. These are not standard and based on the vehicle. If the vehicle is still made then at a minimum at will take 2 weeks. Costs are high and the batteries are from overseas. The batteries have been known to overheat and burn causing the car and area to burn.
10. Lack of power, brownouts or blackouts affect charging EVs
11. The USA is using about 1% of EVs and the push is 50% by 2030 but the Electrical Grid cannot support that.
12. The Electrical Grid power is mostly from Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear, and then minor is Wind and Solar.
23. EVs are very expensive, much more then gas vehicles and will not last as long due to the batteries needing to be replaced, which are high cost.
The eventual increase in insurance for evs will become oppressive. Not only do the insurance cos have to pay out the vehicle, but also the for any damage related to the claim…..roadway, other vehicles ,houses..etc.
That Burned-Out Wreck is also a Hazmat Cleanup issue that could run into more than the Insurance is Contracted to Cover- if it even is. If the Fire Co. flushed Toxic Battery Chemicals into the Storm Sewer, Flushing (and Disposing of the Contaminated water) could quickly run $100k.
Even if the Car was only in a Wreck, and didn’t Burn, the Insurance Company now has to Pay Hazmat Disposal of the Battery, and in most cases, even a moderately-damage EV has No Salvage Value, and many Scrap-Metal Dealers don’t want them either, due to the amount of Electronic Scrap in one.
Many different groups have tried to calculate how much the grid would have to be expanded to replace the entire fleet of conventional cars with electric cars (battery cars). The most common answer that I’ve seen seems to come out to between doubling and tripling power generation and distribution. As best as I can, I ran the numbers and I get the same answer: double to triple the power grid.
An important point is that saying double or tripling the grid doesn’t mean just adding generating stations; it includes every wire between those plants and every house or building that will need to accommodate an EV. To include every transformer in the power grid.
Heard anybody talking about that?
correcto mundo SIG
I did the back-of-the-envelope calculation about how many Watt-hour equivalents were transferred with gasoline in 24 hours through that pair of 36″ diameter East coast pipelines.
(Giggle)
so I guess my remarks cant be heard? about you can’t fix STUPID OVER DEGREED MORONS THAT have no common sense. And the techno is not up to par YET?? that comment???
Battery fires are like blow torches. Look em up on useless tube.