Honestly, these people need to get a grip. Having an EV is not that much of a problem if make the effort to think ahead, even in the cold.
I have a friend who got an EV SUV. It uses more energy in the winter to warm batteries before using them. He knows it, he literally his monitoring devices for it. His solution is to have a heated garage, and a charging port in said garage.
These people's cars are dead because a) they left their cars on the street for days, b) they didn't charge their cars regularly. If you don't have the ability to own it, then don't buy it.
They might as well be crying that their motorcycles slip in the snow.
Well, yeah, I'm not saying we should transition to electric cars. I'm saying, if you want to voluntarily go out and buy one, you have to be a responsible adult when you do.
Preemptively, for the rhetorical response: "it's only a small percentage".
Doesn't matter. You can never know if your EV in your garage will be the one to ignite until it happens. Unlike most ICE vehicles that at least give you heads-up about potential failures (warning lights, strange noises/smells, etc.,), the biggest danger from EVs occurs when you're not even in the vehicle.
Honestly, these people need to get a grip. Having an EV is not that much of a problem if make the effort to think ahead, even in the cold.
I have a friend who got an EV SUV. It uses more energy in the winter to warm batteries before using them. He knows it, he literally his monitoring devices for it. His solution is to have a heated garage, and a charging port in said garage.
These people's cars are dead because a) they left their cars on the street for days, b) they didn't charge their cars regularly. If you don't have the ability to own it, then don't buy it.
They might as well be crying that their motorcycles slip in the snow.
You seem to be saying EVs are unsuited for anyone with a place to keep the car warm in winter?
Which rules out a lot of EV owners though.
Lotta people don't own boats either.
Sounds like a personal problem on their part.
Sure, but
a) most people do not need to regularly use a boat in their lives
and
b) I haven't heard of any governments passing laws declaring that all but one type of boat needs to get phased out over the next 10 years.
Well, yeah, I'm not saying we should transition to electric cars. I'm saying, if you want to voluntarily go out and buy one, you have to be a responsible adult when you do.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/electric-cars-lighting-houses-on-fire
https://driving.ca/column/lorraine/chevy-bolt-owners-battery-recall
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/recall-all-chevy-bolt-vehicles-fire-risk
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9792017/GM-tells-Chevy-Bolt-owners-park-EVs-outside-two-burst-flames.html
https://www.wbtv.com/2022/09/26/ignition-spontaneous-electric-vehicle-fires-prompt-recalls-some-owners-stalled-waiting-repairs/
https://scitechdaily.com/what-makes-electric-vehicle-fires-so-difficult-to-extinguish-video/
Preemptively, for the rhetorical response: "it's only a small percentage".
Doesn't matter. You can never know if your EV in your garage will be the one to ignite until it happens. Unlike most ICE vehicles that at least give you heads-up about potential failures (warning lights, strange noises/smells, etc.,), the biggest danger from EVs occurs when you're not even in the vehicle.
You know what is also wildly explosive?
Gasoline.
By the way, the biggest danger from EV's is when you crash them.
You've seen too many movies.
Gasoline isn't explosive. It's flammable.
Gasoline vapor mixed with enough oxygen is explosive. Which is why we have technologies like carburetors and fuel injection to mix it correctly.
Good thing oxygen isn't in the atmosphere, otherwise gasoline powered cars would be dangerous.
I don't honestly know what you are all trying so hard to defend here.