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More space than the VW ID Buzz. Interesting… Hope the battery won’t catch fire cuz someone will be sleeping in it

zaroth 4y ago
Do you say “hope the gas tank won’t explode” anytime someone sleeps in an ICE car? Are you aware that battery igniting while car parked is exceedingly rare?
- colordrops 4y ago
  Do you always convey ideas using condescending questions? I make this mistake a lot, so don't feel too offended.
  - theshrike79 4y ago
    Only when the presented premise is clearly stupid and based on 100% faulty data. "OMG what about battery fires!" is so worn out in the EV discussions I don't bother to be nice when rebutting it.
    - Thlom 4y ago
      Hehe, there was a fire in a parking garage next to an airport in Norway a few years ago which basically destroyed the garage and all cars inside. People were really quick to blame it on an EV igniting and raving about how EV's should be banned from parking garages and on and on for days until investigation showed the fire started in a diesel car. (Granted, the many EV's in there made the fire much harder for fire fighters to put out)
      - theshrike79 4y ago
        Same with the story of a city in Germany banning EVs from parking garages because there was a fire in one. The fire was started by an ICE car :D
  - zaroth 4y ago
    I do not! But I feel like we should not be kind to misinformation and false innuendo.
- tjoff 4y ago
  Are you aware that a car parked isn't at all the same scenario? It is not like remodeling an RV is going to affect the gas tank. But it sure will make a difference to the battery usage. A gas tank doesn't age in the same way as a battery either, and we don't have as much experience with the kind of battery packs used in cars either (and they differ wildly between models).
- googlryas 4y ago
  Probably less rare than a fuel tank spontaneously exploding. Has an ICE car manufacturer ever recalled a vehicle and said don't park it inside until you get it recalled?
  - vel0city 4y ago
    All the time. I've owned several cars which have had "don't park it inside" kind of recalls. All of them ICE cars. I've had a neighbor's house burn down because of a "don't park in your garage" issue that led to a recall; once again an ICE car not an EV.
  - gambiting 4y ago
    Yes actually - it resulted in an absolutely bonkers story too: https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-in-cars-damaged-1826086012 https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-i...

Do you say “hope the gas tank won’t explode” anytime someone sleeps in an ICE car? Are you aware that battery igniting while car parked is exceedingly rare?

colordrops 4y ago
Do you always convey ideas using condescending questions? I make this mistake a lot, so don't feel too offended.
- theshrike79 4y ago
  Only when the presented premise is clearly stupid and based on 100% faulty data. "OMG what about battery fires!" is so worn out in the EV discussions I don't bother to be nice when rebutting it.
  - Thlom 4y ago
    Hehe, there was a fire in a parking garage next to an airport in Norway a few years ago which basically destroyed the garage and all cars inside. People were really quick to blame it on an EV igniting and raving about how EV's should be banned from parking garages and on and on for days until investigation showed the fire started in a diesel car. (Granted, the many EV's in there made the fire much harder for fire fighters to put out)
    - theshrike79 4y ago
      Same with the story of a city in Germany banning EVs from parking garages because there was a fire in one. The fire was started by an ICE car :D
- zaroth 4y ago
  I do not! But I feel like we should not be kind to misinformation and false innuendo.
tjoff 4y ago
Are you aware that a car parked isn't at all the same scenario? It is not like remodeling an RV is going to affect the gas tank. But it sure will make a difference to the battery usage. A gas tank doesn't age in the same way as a battery either, and we don't have as much experience with the kind of battery packs used in cars either (and they differ wildly between models).
googlryas 4y ago
Probably less rare than a fuel tank spontaneously exploding. Has an ICE car manufacturer ever recalled a vehicle and said don't park it inside until you get it recalled?
- vel0city 4y ago
  All the time. I've owned several cars which have had "don't park it inside" kind of recalls. All of them ICE cars. I've had a neighbor's house burn down because of a "don't park in your garage" issue that led to a recall; once again an ICE car not an EV.
- gambiting 4y ago
  Yes actually - it resulted in an absolutely bonkers story too: https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-in-cars-damaged-1826086012 https://jalopnik.com/how-one-suv-fire-destroyed-45-million-i...