EV fire

Well, 30 year old Toyota Carina E GLi estate (7A-FE 1.8 ltr gasoline) here... ~335,000km on the clock...

Was my company car, always driven by me, cared for, all services done, bought it out for € 1000,- nearly 20 years ago...
Requires some fuel, occasional wash and vacuuming, a few wear parts...
Old style, quality designed independent suspension, immense directional stability, sporty handling, really fun to drive, perfect feedback, 1mm on the steering wheel equals 1mm on the road, still makes me smile every time... they don't build cars like that anymore...
By now it has avoided the production of at least two new cars...
I could probably run that EURO2 class vehicle for another 500 years and still not match the emissions caused during building an "oh so great new car" for me... bauxite -> cooking aluminum, mining ores -> cooking steel, electro/chemical copper extraction -> wiring, etc, etc... and then add the lithium and cobalt issues to the equation for any EV... points carefully omitted, left out and ignored in all the EV propaganda...
plus you'd end with a lot less automotive these days, overburden electronics, cheaply build undercarriage... pre-designed obsolescence...

Same philosophy applies to my ST1100 (or my GF's NT700)...
 
Coyote Chris said:
When I was looking into extended warrantes for a new subaru, the turbo charged model warrenties cost 20 percent more.
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Here and there, owners get lucky. Overall, turbos are less reliable, hence the 20% "surcharge".
There is little difference between car warranties and life insurance. An accountant sets up a table in a spreadsheet. Riskiest accounts get charged more.
 
suvcw04 said:
I have a 2023 Ford Maverick Hybrid truck. Wasn't sure about a Mexican built Ford, but it has been fine. Averaging 38+ mpg with mostly hiway driving. The eCVT transmission (a sun gear and four planetary gears, NO pulleys) is flawless, as is the Stop-Start system. Two electric motors, one acts as a starter, no external starter, no alternator, electric AC, not a single belt.. The transition from ICE to Electric to Charging modes are imperceptible. The Hybrid battery is small. I can only get a little over 2 miles on electric only, but the battery is there mainly for a little boost. It is NOT a 50 mile electric only Prius. The battery is a small one and is below the rear seat on the passenger side. The whole hybrid system in the Ford is based on a joint Toyota-Ford collaboration. Probably why the Ford system works so well . . . it's Toyota.
I would NEVER get an EV. Unless HUGE gains are made in the battery systems, I think EV's will remain as toys or short commute vehicles and ICE and Hybrids will co-exist peacefully.
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I would personlly not even buy a hybrid. It is good that a Prius was built and demonstrated the technology works, but the carbon foot print is still way too high till someone comes up with an eco friendly battery. Last I heard, the carbon footprint break even point was 150k miles.
 
Mellow said:
My 6 year old Ranger w/Turbo 4 has been awesome and zero issues..
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I think after talking with Ford Engineers at the Ford Paviliaon at Oshkosh, and looking at the cut away engines and holding a low inertia Turbo in my hand, the technology is much improved. The eco boast engines have shim under bucket with no check interval......BTW. Anyone can lay an egg. the 5.7 liter hemi "Dodge" engine has a roller lifter issue that effects 5 percent of the engines around 2013 and a bit less after that when dodge changed the needle bearings in the roller lifters...the average age when the engine hand grenades is 137,000 miles. I hope no one is building low quality turbos.....
 
Coyote Chris said:
I would personlly not even buy a hybrid. It is good that a Prius was built and demonstrated the technology works, but the carbon foot print is still way too high till someone comes up with an eco friendly battery. Last I heard, the carbon footprint break even point was 150k miles.
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The battery in my Maverick is small. If I pay attention, I can get 1 or 2 miles in town on battery only. It's more for boost than motion.
 
The State of Massachusetts is now warning owner's of E Bikes that the lithium batteries used in them may cause them to self ignite and cautions owners not to park them inside.

Mike
 
mikesim said:
The State of Massachusetts is now warning owner's of E Bikes that the lithium batteries used in them may cause them to self ignite and cautions owners not to park them inside.

Mike
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One started a fire in a police storage building in Idaho.
 
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