Luton airport parking fire

[mtt.tr]

I run a car repair workshop - I'm struggling with insurance for dealing with PHEVS/EVS - no inside charging - spacing rules for damged EV's - level 4 training.

Plus the cost of invertors failing on customers cars out of warranty - is killing the job dead.

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I am an auto electrician by trade - as an independant - I ebraced the EV revolution early - but to be honest - it's not that good business wise. Apart from the increased tyre wear EV's suffer - but there is no money in selling sets of four's for low mileage cars to unhappy punters.

I am thinking about standing back from EV's - workshop wise! Punters think they run on air! And they just don't....

I seriously considered going down ev repair route after employment.

Didn't take long to realise it's not viable.

 

[Shox Dr]

It's about 70 miles offshore I think and will bring good engineering work to the UK and produce oil to the highest safety and environmental standards in the world. We all need oil and will do for decades, so let's do it properly.

sorry thought you were on about the turbines

 

[GG1]

sorry thought you were on about the turbines

hopefully we'll have a change of heart with them and not have to subsidise them through our electricity bills

 

[Gragson]

Keeping an eye on how this develops
Due to collect a work colleague coming into Luton from Bulgaria Weds morn next week and drop him back Friday.

I'll be driving a V90 hybrid that hardly ever gets plugged in

 

[eddie49]

Of course, it could've been a hybrid....

The plug-in hybrid Range Rovers have petrol engines. I think the only diesel hybrid is the mild hybrid, with a small ( 200 Wh - only 4 Ah ) 48 volt battery.

 

[BarrieJ]

I had a new windscreen fitted last week. Fitter from Autoglass said then had an EV in overnight in Birmingham which caught fire and burnt their unit out and their supply store next door.

My daughter is a director of Belron, the company that owns Autoglass, the fire was on September 29th at their Manchester workshop on Oakhill Trading Estate, Devonshire Road, Worsley, and did indeed spread to their storage unit next door. The vehicle was a BMW, whether it was EV my daughter didn't say, however arson was the cause of the fire. The car and its owners were well known to the police; it was in overnight. The premises were broken into sometime around 9pm and the vehicle set alight. Three other customer's cars were damaged as were two Autoglass vans. There was a substantial loss of stock. It was briefly covered in the Bolton News.

 

[daleyd]

My daughter is a director of Belron, the company that owns Autoglass, the fire was on September 29th at their Manchester workshop on Oakhill Trading Estate, Devonshire Road, Worsley, and did indeed spread to their storage unit next door. The vehicle was a BMW, whether it was EV my daughter didn't say, however arson was the cause of the fire. The car and its owners were well known to the police; it was in overnight. The premises were broken into sometime around 9pm and the vehicle set alight. Three other customer's cars were damaged as were two Autoglass vans. There was a substantial loss of stock. It was briefly covered in the Bolton News.

Never let the facts get in the way…

 

[slim_boy_fat]

supposedly a diesel vehicle this afternoon mighta been an e scooter in it

I was going to reply "or a car bomb" having seen a brief video on this evening's news showing how quickly it blew out the parking garage floor, but seeing your clip has made me rethink now.

Wouldn't put it past some terrorist crowd to come up with such a scenario though....

 

[JOEPRO]

Never let the facts get in the way…

Can we get back on topic and find ways to blame EVs for this plz?

 

[Kayos]

Just for complete honesty, my EV is on charge 10 feet from my front door and will be parked (but not charging) in a multi storey all day tomorrow

Not concerned it's going to burst into flames, same as any other car I've owned

 

[Onoff]

Can we get back on topic and find ways to blame EVs for this plz?

Indeed! It wouldn't really fit would it, with the current narrative being pushed for an EV to be found the cause If you can blame an ICE vehicle so much the better.

I'd have an EV tomorrow btw just for the Hell if and so I could build a PV car port.

Serious question for the EV users, does driving an EV make your willy feel funny like when you feel the throb of a V8?

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

Serious question for the EV users

Mine arrived about 10 days ago so all my posts from now on can be considered biased I reckon .

I live in London so the use case was very easy to justify!

 

[Onoff]

Mine arrived about 10 days ago so all my posts from now on can be considered biased I reckon .

I live in London so the use case was very easy to justify!

We find it more offensive you or anyone calling it a Mini!

 

[JOEPRO]

Indeed! It wouldn't really fit would it, with the current narrative being pushed for an EV to be found the cause If you can blame an ICE vehicle so much the better.

I'd have an EV tomorrow btw just for the Hell if and so I could build a PV car port.

Serious question for the EV users, does driving an EV make your willy feel funny like when you feel the throb of a V8?

Do EV drivers have willies though?

I may have an EV at some point in year or 3 who knows. I would not park or charge it near my cherished classics though!

 

[bricol]

Just for complete honesty, my EV is on charge 10 feet from my front door and will be parked (but not charging) in a multi storey all day tomorrow

Not concerned it's going to burst into flames, same as any other car I've owned

I suspect there's more risk from any number of vehicles running around with rotting fuel lines from modern fuel constituents.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I may have an EV at some point in year or 3 who knows.

I was in the same boat....but the use case was compelling for me living in a big city.

I did think about the safety risk in an accident...but in nearly 30 years I've not had an accident so really how much risk is there factoring in that 99% of my driving will be at 20mph .

Original plan was to use my restored Figaro to do the local running around...but ULEZ has put a stop to that.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

We find it more offensive you or anyone calling it a Mini!

Lost me there sorry....where did the mini come from?

 

[JOEPRO]

I was in the same boat....but the use case was compelling for me living in a big city.

I did think about the safety risk in an accident...but in nearly 30 years I've not had an accident so really how much risk is there factoring in that 99% of my driving will be at 20mph .

Original plan was to use my restored Figaro to do the local running around...but ULEZ has put a stop to that.

Mine would be a company car if offered and purely for financial reasons really. I'd still have my ICE classics etc for personal use would never move away from that which is now at disease level and uncurable petrolhead.

 

[Onoff]

Lost me there sorry....where did the mini come from?

I read "Mine" as Mini!

 

[Onoff]

Original plan was to use my restored Figaro to do the local running around...but ULEZ has put a stop to that.

How old is it?