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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4662  
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This headline caught my eye. Norway: Plug-In Car Sales Collapsed By 80% In January 2023
Seems they are going to tax cars based on weight and vat will be applied to EV's over a certain price. Looks people only want to be "green" when they are subsidised to do it. https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/norwa...b08a8cfb0f 1982 88" 2.25 diesel 1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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8th Feb 2023 3:14pm |
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| Buz1500 Member Since: 07 Jul 2020 Location: Cumbria Posts: 150 
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This story won’t be helping
https://www.ctif.org/news/norwegian-shippi...erry-route |
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8th Feb 2023 4:58pm |
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| markb110 Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Guildford Posts: 2637  
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8th Feb 2023 5:10pm |
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| markb110 Member Since: 22 May 2010 Location: Guildford Posts: 2637
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Here they are saying that they need 600 gallons A MINUTE of water to quell an EV fire and an average of 25,000 gallons of water to put out a blaze.
https://www.autoracing1.com/pl/378972 Time to start putting a sticker on the side of the 90 telling any EV owners not to park next to me/ Does bear thinking about an EV fire on board a ferry. |
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8th Feb 2023 5:27pm |
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| pjm-84 Member Since: 12 Apr 2021 Location: Hampshire Posts: 661
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You wanna see a building when it catches fire......600gallons is nowt.
Remember this? https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5243011/live...rs-damage/ |
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8th Feb 2023 5:36pm |
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| pjm-84 Member Since: 12 Apr 2021 Location: Hampshire Posts: 661
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If water doesn't work.... |
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8th Feb 2023 5:41pm |
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| Ashbyandy Member Since: 17 Dec 2015 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 223 
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The thought of a fire caused by electric car on a ferry is very scary. Do modern ferries have the type of fire fighting equipment to deal with this happening, I doubt it, and with all the vehicles parked so closely together, I imagine it would become an inferno very quickly. I can see other ferry companies following the Norwegian ferry company that has already banned them, but probably not until it’s actually happened, and a ferry has been lost,
Ashby Andy |
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8th Feb 2023 5:46pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4662
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Slightly off topic but related. The wife has some battery powered items, and I was wondering about a fire hazard......
 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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8th Feb 2023 5:55pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17382 
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I don't remember there being a single EV reported in that fire, it was all down to internal combustion (and a faulty LPG conversion on a Disco started it, as I recall). Imagine if a significant number of the vehicles involved had been EVs!  I imagine it would have taken the structure down.
Welcome to the future. |
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8th Feb 2023 6:36pm |
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| RFT Member Since: 13 Nov 2010 Location: Cheshire Posts: 678 
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Spudfan
The best advice I can give your wife is to put the Stilh rechargeable hedge cutter down in the middle of the drive well away from your defender if she thinks the battery is getting too hot and focus on brushing up the clippings until she is sure it’s cooled down a bit. 130 Puma HCPU with an Artica 240LR Demountable Camper |
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8th Feb 2023 6:38pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4662
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Very useful for the wife's legs 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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8th Feb 2023 6:49pm |
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| Tim in Scotland Member Since: 23 May 2007 Location: The Land that time forgot Posts: 3753 
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No ships, even the most recently built, have the ablity to fight an EV battery fire. Lithium fires require very specialist equipment to fight and that gear isn’t a requirement onboard, specialist expert firefighters have to be called in if there is an EV fire onboard. This is a huge concern in nautical circles in general and not just the ferry sector for 2-3 years now. DfT and at least one of the professional maritime bodies is investigating firefighting lithium battery fires and EV fires in particular. You may recall the huge fire on a car carrier last year - it was carrying a large number of Porsche Taycans and VW EVs - that fire lead to the total loss of the vessel south west of the Azores Islands. I’m a retired ship’s Master/ Captain on very large containerships where we were also carrying privately shipped EVs in containers. Pangea Green D250 90 HSE with Air Suspension, Off-road Pack, Towing Pack, Black Contrast roof , rear recovery eyes, Front bash plate, Classic flaps all round, extended wheel arch kit and a few bits from PowerfulUK Expel Clear Gloss PPF to come 2020 D240 1st Edition in Pangea Green with Acorn interior. Now gone - old faithful, no mechanical issues whatsoever ever but the leaks and rattles all over the place won’t be missed! |
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8th Feb 2023 7:13pm |
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| spudfan Member Since: 10 Sep 2007 Location: Co Donegal Posts: 4662
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So Tim, you actually "drove" something that had a bigger turning circle than the old Defender
 1982 88" 2.25 diesel
1992 110 200tdi csw -Zikali 2008 110 2.4 tdci csw-Zulu 2011 110 2.4 tdci csw-Masai |
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8th Feb 2023 7:31pm |
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| Ashbyandy Member Since: 17 Dec 2015 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 223
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Reply to Tim’s last message.
That really does sound very worrying. I do remember the ship last year. At some stage it is almost inevitable that an EV fire will start on a ferry, just hope I’m not on it at the time. I always consider ferries to be a safe mode of transport, but I’m beginning to wonder. 🤔 Ashby Andy |
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8th Feb 2023 7:37pm |
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