Teslag said:https://cafemom.com/news/216603-family-dies-carbon-monoxide-poisoning/269610-the_incident_happened_on_november_28_when_mora_was_getting_ready_to_take_his_kids_to_school_nbspLogos Stick said:
We should send Teslag over there to assure her that an ICE car would have done the same thing.
This family would still be alive if they had an EV.
We can play this game all day.
Stupidity is not remotely comparable to a car spontaneously catching fire.Quote:
A story by the Daily Mail noted that Juvenal Mora and his two children, Cruz, age 3 at the time of his death, and Mayra, 8 years old, had been waiting for the car to warm up in their garage with the door closed when carbon monoxide poisoning knocked all three of them unconscious.
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Before EV's, I never thought at all about a parked and not running vehicle randomly catching fire.
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Ford is telling owners of some of its most popular, current, internal combustion powered SUVs to park their vehicles outside after a series of engine fires that happened even when the ignition switches were off.
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Hyundai and Kia have recalled 571,000 SUVs and minivans for a repair and warn owners to "park their vehicles outside and away from structures until the remedy is completed." Why? Because if you park in your garage, you risk burning down your house. Apparently water can seep into a circuit board on a towing hitch, cause an electrical short, and spark a fire. Even if the car is off.
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And they can also never tell you what percent of EV's catch fire. Not even a guess. It's quite literally just emotion driven fear mongering.
Teslag said:
And they can also never tell you what percent of EV's catch fire. Not even a guess. It's quite literally just emotion driven fear mongering.
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Before EV's, I never thought at all about a parked and not running vehicle randomly catching fire.
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/11/fire-risk-ford-tells-200000-suv-owners-to-park-outside/
- My SUV a Lincoln was recalled the next year. I was told there were only 3 fires involved with the Lincoln SUVs recalled
- Interestingly enough the problem was an electric battery sensor that MAY have been damaged during repairs that was designed without a circuit fuse.
- I was told this was the same problem from the previous year.
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Ford is telling owners of some of its most popular, current, internal combustion powered SUVs to park their vehicles outside after a series of engine fires that happened even when the ignition switches were off.
https://boingboing.net/2023/03/23/dont-park-your-hyundai-or-kia-suv-inside-or-it-could-burn-down-the-building.html
- from the article
Fortunately, there have been reports of just one fire and "five heat damage incidents."Quote:
Hyundai and Kia have recalled 571,000 SUVs and minivans for a repair and warn owners to "park their vehicles outside and away from structures until the remedy is completed." Why? Because if you park in your garage, you risk burning down your house. Apparently water can seep into a circuit board on a towing hitch, cause an electrical short, and spark a fire. Even if the car is off.
So they saw a potential problem and did a recall?Teslag said:Quote:
Before EV's, I never thought at all about a parked and not running vehicle randomly catching fire.
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/11/fire-risk-ford-tells-200000-suv-owners-to-park-outside/Quote:
Ford is telling owners of some of its most popular, current, internal combustion powered SUVs to park their vehicles outside after a series of engine fires that happened even when the ignition switches were off.
https://boingboing.net/2023/03/23/dont-park-your-hyundai-or-kia-suv-inside-or-it-could-burn-down-the-building.htmlQuote:
Hyundai and Kia have recalled 571,000 SUVs and minivans for a repair and warn owners to "park their vehicles outside and away from structures until the remedy is completed." Why? Because if you park in your garage, you risk burning down your house. Apparently water can seep into a circuit board on a towing hitch, cause an electrical short, and spark a fire. Even if the car is off.
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Fortunately, there have been reports of just one fire and "five heat damage incidents."
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and that it has reports of 21 fires (note: that's a lot more than the Bolt!) and one injury, but no reports of fires extending to buildings.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/27/business/hyundai-kia-abs-fire-recall/index.html#:~:text=In%20a%202021%20recall%2C%20owners,driving%20because%20of%20fuel%20leaks.Quote:
The company said it is aware of 19 reports of under-the-hood fires that could be related to the battery monitor sensor problem. Of those reports, 11 happened in the United States, seven in China and one in Canada. No accidents or injuries related to the sensor issue have been reported, the automaker said.
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Last August, owners of 90,000 Kia and Hyundai models were similarly warned to park away from structures because of possible fires caused by the automatic engine start-stop system.
Hyundai also recalled 82,000 electric vehicles in in 2021 because a defect in the lithium-ion batteries could cause them to spontaneously start burning even when the vehicles were parked.
I know someone who's tractor caught fire while refueling. Even though he never admitted it, I'm convinced that it was because he was smoking while refueling the butane tractor.AggieKatie2 said:
Such a dumb thread. Cars catch fire….it happens. EVs and ICE. If you don't want an EV then don't get one, but don't fear monger stupid stuff.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2022/11/17/ram-2500-3500-trucks-recall-chrysler-fire-risk/10721490002/
