Firefighting is a whole new game in the electric vehicle era. In fact, departments across the U.S. are finding out that the best way to “fight” such fires are to simply let them burn, according to a new report by the Wall Street Journal The report points out that EV fires, unlike traditional gas-fueled car fires, are more enduring, challenging to extinguish, and prone to reigniting, according [...]
With signs of growing inventory and slowing sales, auto industry executives admitted this week that their ambitious electric vehicle plans are in jeopardy, at least in the near term. Several C-Suite leaders at some of the biggest carmakers voiced fresh unease about the electric car market’s growth as concerns over the viability of these vehicles put their multi-billion-dollar electrification [...]
Electric car sales have hit a bump in the road after demand from private motorists fell sharply last month, figures show. The 14.3 per cent decline compared with September last year meant that fewer than one in ten private buyers of new cars opted for a battery-powered vehicle. It is the latest setback in the push to achieve 'net zero' carbon emissions by 2050. Rishi Sunak last [...]
Drivers report being shocked at the extraordinary cost of insuring electric vehicles – over £5,000 in many cases, if insurance is available at all, as insurers balk at the risks of EVs. The Guardian has more. Driving an electric car should be a win-win, saving money and the planet. So David was shocked when the insurance on his Tesla Model Y came up for renewal, and Aviva refused to cover him [...]
A subsidy-fueled boom helped build China into an electric-car giant, but with an economic slowdown and hundreds of ride-hailing companies going bust, the country is facing a excess of unwanted batter-powered vehicles. Linda Lew reports on Bloomberg Television. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka8iUzQcxHs
Boats and helicopters were used to get the 23 crew members off the ship after they failed to put out the blaze, the Dutch coast guard said. Footage taken from the shore showed a long plume of grey smoke drifting over the sea from the ship. The ship, the Fremantle Highway, is a vehicle carrier that was transporting nearly 3,000 cars, 25 of them electric, from the German port of Bremen to Port [...]