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[rob999]

I wanna see the first proper car fire were the batteries go up.

I dont

[Wolfstone]

I wanna see the first proper car fire were the batteries go up.

I dont

Because you don't want it to interrupt your rest period / station pool game / four hour lunch break / strike action. (Delete as appropriate)

[SteveA]

Dinosaurs the lot of you, electric IS the future whether you want it to be or not. Move with the times Grandad, I'm personally looking forward to driving an iPhone

 

 

[rob999]

I wanna see the first proper car fire were the batteries go up.

I dont

Because you don't want it to interrupt your rest period / station pool game / four hour lunch break / strike action. (Delete as appropriate)

Rather than flying around the Middle East eating buffet lunches...

[Stevie Dubyah]

 

 

 

I wanna see the first proper car fire were the batteries go up.

I dont

Because you don't want it to interrupt your rest period / station pool game / four hour lunch break / strike action. (Delete as appropriate)

Rather than flying around the Middle East eating buffet lunches...

 

 

Touche!

 

It's a good point... how intense and difficult to extinguish would a Li-Ion fire be, I wonder? That said, I've not noticed the burned out shell of too many Priuses by the road.

 

As a child I was always sternly warned against getting batteries near a fire. Explosions would follow...possibly shrapnel and deadly fumes. You can imagine my disappointment when, as an 11 year old, I threw an Ever Ready D battery onto the bonfire on Nov 5th and all it did was make the flame a slightly different colour for a bit.

 

 

[zeezeebaba]

I was more interested to hear about the EV truck launch. In light of diesels bad press recently and the evident determination to get rid of them that's a good idea. Drag cars powered by batteries do indeed post impressive performance figures, I've had a go in a lardy S and that went like he'll off the line. However, until such a time when they drag me kicking and screaming from ICE cars and into the Star Trek age, I'm a petrol head. The smell, the noise, on the limit handling fun and tinkering at the weekend, I love the innovation and applaud Elons vigour covering up the lack of sales elsewhere but it's not for me just yet. 0-100 in 4.4 seconds at least does the regeneration circuits good as you approach the next set of lights

[SteveA]

Diesel trucks aren't a massive problem (at least here in the UK) as most have been using AdBlue for years. Passenger cars are much more of a problem.

[Nev]

The sheer quantity of congestion and stop/start/stop/start nature of driving is fundamental to the polution problem, yet you never hear the government planners say something sensible like "we will attempt to reduce city congestion by reducing traffic lights, shopping centres in city centres, zebra crossings" etc. Instead o putting more speed bumps, more roundabouts etc they would improve things by opening out city centres IMO.

 

I live just 7 miles from my parents, yet last time I drove there it took 1h5m, and 1h15m for them recently.

 

Instead of building more fcuking shopping centres in city centres they should just pull them down and make roads + vitally required parking. Do that and then the electric car would not be so mandatory. Make Bristol look like Milton Keynes I say !!

Edited by Nev, 05 December 2017 - 03:41 PM.

[Jetpilot]

I have literally no understanding of traffic lights on roundabouts, you might as well just have a junction.

[slindborg]

I think most of the UK's traffic lights are in Derby... its a mess. Even in the small hours of the morning where there are no cars about, its stop start all the time

[Jetpilot]

I used to have a big roundabout on the way to work, traffic lights were put up to ease congestion, it didnt it was worse, they then tried switching them on at peak times, apparently drivers then got confused as to when they were on or off (i know staggering) and there were more accidents, but rather than just switch them off saying it didnt work, they are now on all the time, i suppose the council had to justify the expenditure somehow!

[zeezeebaba]

Diesel trucks aren't a massive problem (at least here in the UK) as most have been using AdBlue for years. Passenger cars are much more of a problem.

Agreed, my point was more about finding the electric truck news more appealing prospect than than having a plug and go car

[Zoobeef]

Musk has said he is going to launch one of these (I think it' s this model)on his Falcon 9 Heavy test in January and send it towards Mars