JBChiangRai

Some idiots buy lowering kits for their EV's to make them look cool, massively increasing the risk of battery damage.

Thanks for that, I do have the ABB Terra, I will look for an Energy Meter

A professor quoting anecdotal evidence-very surprising, he must have been high.

You are right, in the event of an EV fire, it is extremely difficult to put out, it burns very hot, and it produces noxious funes. However, it happens exceedingly rarely and typically several orders of magnitude less than an ice vehicle

allow me to open the door for you

Unfortunately, we have more than our fair share of "tools" here from the anti-EV brigade.

Actually, they do.

I quoted statistics from 4 independent sources for 4 countries. You're welcome to post statistics to substantiate your fiction argument, if you can?

Nonsense. More ICE burn than EV's, and the stats I posted were harmonised per 100,000 vehicles to take account of the higher volume of ICE

It would nice to be able to stop and start charging automatically, sun out? Charge, clouds? Stop charging. i did setup something to do that with my grid-tied system. I used an adjustable ice/under voltage cut off wired to a NC (Normally Closed) contractor. The over voltage was set high and the under voltage turned off. The sun shines and the inverters increase voltage above PEA, contractor closes car charges, and the reverse when a cloud comes out. It worked a few times on a German EV then the car would trip fault. I will try it on the BYD when I get round to it

Correct. That is the proper advice from my accountant too.

I did one page previously.

It's far cheaper to buy a conventional AC, solar panels and an inverter.

Nobody said they were. Always quote in context.

Been there and got the T-Shirt.

The stats have been posted probably about a dozen times now on these forums, but I'll post them again, just for special you. The figures are how often a car with an ICE engine under the bonnet catches fire compared to a pure EV, figures are per 100,000 sales so are harmonised to the fact there are more ICE vehicles on the road. Sweden 147 times more likely (3400/23) Petrol and diesel cars 20 times more likely to catch fire than EVs (thedriven.io) Singapore 118 times more likely (356/3) EV fire cases rise with growing adoption of such cars | The Straits Times Australia 98 times more likely (393/4) Electric vehicle fires are very rare. The risk for petrol and diesel vehicles is at least 20 times higher (theconversation.com) America 199 times more likely (5004/25.1) Government data show gasoline vehicles are up to 100x more prone to fires than EVs | Electrek

Probably disassembled and repaired with a new blade replacing the faulty one. They are too valuable to throw away.

I'm not into gardening, but I'm sure my ex-wife planted Chlamydia in our garden back home.

Yet the fact remains that BEV's are massively less likely to catch fire than a legacy car.

All those elements you mention make recycling Lithium batteries a profitable operation. I'm sure there will be lots of recycling going on as Lithium batteries begin to reach their end of life in the next 20 years or so.

You are leaping to a conclusion and the data contradicts that conclusion. I'm sorry you don't like government statistics and I commend you in your fanciful way of reading them.

I can't agree that the batteries are the problem, not the ICE. We have figures for ICE, EV and lastly Hybrid (i.e. an ICE and EV combined). The figures for the ICE are about 11 times higher than the EV, so the problem seems to come from the ICE. The Hybrid is 130 times higher than the EV.

It's never wrong to have a test for STI, include HIV & Syphilis in there too. Unlikely that these are the cause. When your immune system is fighting off an infection, you are at risk of other infections, especially STI's so always wear a raincoat. Incidentally, a condom will not always protect you from an STI, but it does help and PrEP helps with HIV & Hepatitis.

Whilst I sure your sentiments on the CCP, principles are expensive. Their cars are cheap, but as UBS pointed out they are superior not inferior.

I prefer to rely on the Swiss bankers UBS who paid an engineering company to strip down a BYD Seal and report on it. Their report (predictably to the German Automaker Industry) warned those automakers that they had a problem. Because usually when a car is cheaper, the quality is less and conversely when a car is more expensive the quality increases. They warned that German Automakers have a problem because not only is the price cheaper, the quality is excellent and the Chinese are at least a generation ahead. In many ways, German Automakers are ahead of the curve for EV cars, VAG, Mercedes & BMW have been providing EV's and PHEV's for quite a few years. If they are a generation behind the Chinese, imagine how bad it is for Japanese & American automakers, Stellantis and others in Europe. In terms of quality, Toyota are buying BYD's blade batteries for new EV's as are Mercedes. On the matter of resale value, the Thai market is seeing no disparity between EV's and ICE. 3 years ago I bought a very expensive new BEV from VAG, I sold it on it's 2nd birthday and I now have a BYD Seal. The quality is almost identical.