28 Replies to “We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars”
The electric car exploded at 1pm on Friday afternoon. The owner, who clearly doesn’t have to work for a living, was in the house at the time. Unfortunately, he was not injured.
Is that your “Christian” charitable nature bubbling to the surface or your inner fascist?
It’s my belief that those who talk the most about reducing their carbon footprint could most effectively do so by killing themselves. All the more “carbon” for the rest of us, and invariably little of value would be lost.
As it was, the electric car owner narrowly escaped death by misadventure. He should be thanking the God he probably swears doesn’t exist for being more merciful than I tend to feel towards his type nowadays.
I am considerably more sympathetic towards his poor neighbours. The miracle is that nobody else was hurt.
Once they got over the shock they definitely thanked God for protecting them—then laughed as hard as I am at the expense of the ponce with the exploding sparky car, if not harder.
(“Fascist?” Get a new slur.)
Ordinarily … when I hear of a house explosion, I think of a natural gas leak or a meth lab. Guess I’m gonna have to adjust my thinking … which is exactly what the Tesla advertising is insisting I do.
I can’t wait for the Panic & grid Lock on all roads leading out of Coastal California… The idea that everyone will be ready with a fully charged battery Pac is foolish…Lucky in they get 5 miles before they are totally blocked. No electricity to re-charge…..No cell towers
The reported TEAR between Seattle & La… Seattle is following the subducted Zone “down” and LA is going the opposite way “UP” ….What happens next?.. is LA pushed on top of Las Vegas, or is Seattle headed to the molten Mantel…..the Ultimate in recycling
More likely the roads will be plugged with Mexifornia Beaters
I searched the web for ‘electric car bizard’… second and lower links were to the story. The first link was to:
“TOP 10 new HOT electric cars…”
I didn’t see the Hyundai Kona ‘roaster’ mentioned there, but this story should give it some traction.
So ‘they’ were wrong after all.
Civilization does end with a bang not a whimper.
The other automobile manufacturers could use this kind of thing in their advertising if it weren’t for the fact that they have all been convinced by their internal and contracted spin doctors that they need to produce electric cars too. Corporate Lemmings?
Yes my 2014 diesel VW with only 45k km was dirt cheap and it only gets 800 km city and rural driving a tank.
Pickup a VW diesel while you still can.
Electric cars are booming.
You might have just have given Kate a new heading and category.
I charge.
Shocking!
Good one Joe…
An electronic device that I purchased recently has this warning about its lithium-ion battery:
————————————————————
! WARNING !
Lithium-ion battery
Lithium-ion cells and battery packs may get hot, explode or ignite and cause serious injury if exposed to abuse conditions. Be sure to follow the safety warnings below:
(snip)
Do not expose the battery to extremely high or low temperatures and pressure. Extreme temperature near fire, on stoves, in direct sunlight or other high temperature locations such as in hot weather, will cause the battery to generate heat, explode, or ignite.
(snip)
————————————————————
The car that exploded was a Hyundai Kona all-electric vehicle. Hyundai describes their Kona EV as follows:
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The Kona Electric powertrain employs a high-efficiency 150 kW (201 horsepower) permanent-magnet synchronous electric motor supplied by a high-voltage 64 kWh lithium-ion battery. The motor develops 291 lb.-ft. of torque distributed to the front wheels through a 7.981 axle ratio. The powertrain inverter has a power density of 25.4 kVA per liter. The battery system is liquid-cooled and operates at 356 volts. Battery pack energy density is 141.3 Wh/kg (greater than Chevy Bolt), with a total battery system weight under 1,000 lbs. In addition, Kona Electric energy efficiency is internally-estimated at 117 MPGe, superior to Nissan Leaf (112 MPGe), Tesla Model S (104 MPGe), and Tesla Model X (93 MPGe).
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Notice that the Kona’s battery pack has to be liquid-cooled.
It was 29.3C on Friday (2019.07.26) in Montreal. Not overly hot for people but very likely critically hot for a lithium-ion vehicle parked in a garage that isn’t cooled.
Notice too that the car was parked in a garage that is side-attached and not cooled or protected by the house. It’s very likely that a significant heat build-up in the garage contributed to the lithium-ion batteries overheating. With the vehicle off and the liquid cooling therefore not operating, the batteries had no protection against the heat.
No EVs for me, thank you very much.
But wait!! Far more ICE vehicles burn than EV’s do. So your electric car is actually MUCH SAFER than the alternative!
That’s their story, and the PR shills they hired to propagandize are sticking to it.
Two or three months ago, Tesla had a display in a shopping centre near where I live. The young lady I spoke with there insisted that there was no battery problem and that there were no news reports about them.
I guess the Baghdad Bob Syndrome can affect members of her generation.
It was on March 22nd that the display was in your city. I recall it because it was my cousin’s birthday
How many more crashes and fires have to happen? They should stop building these cars.
Just as an experiment I checked the temperature on the road in front of my residence, 114F. air temperature is 78F. Parking on a shopping plaza parking lot during a heat wave I would expect the tarmac would be somewhat more than 120F. So would this cause a possible stress issue to the battery and as the battery ages and is subject to more operational stress would this lead to premature battery failure. More battery failure could lead to more car fires. If you were parked beside one in a shopping plaza and it goes on fire does the insurance cover it or are we once again paying for something that will be discontinued and ruled void because of this zealous idea Canadians have to save the planet. Inquiring minds want to know.
Well, I guess we can all be thankful that gasoline powered cars never break, burn or bother.
Amen to that. Stick with fossil fuel vehicles if you don’t want to kill your family.
well , not too many ICE cars spontaneously blow up
The simple solution is to get an air conditioner for your garage.
Coal power to charge your car and coal power for the AC to keep the car from exploding.
Me and my gas vehicles should be getting some kind of environmental hero award I think. Or at least a big fat government subsidy.
Buy one of our new electric vehicles and get a free sunroof!
well jeez louise, y’all dont get it.
the real story, it’s just a test of a new fangled electric door opener.
are these things made in Chirer now? that’s where quality control is fobbed off onto the customer.
The electric car exploded at 1pm on Friday afternoon. The owner, who clearly doesn’t have to work for a living, was in the house at the time. Unfortunately, he was not injured.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5689903/electric-car-blows-up-montreal/
Is that your “Christian” charitable nature bubbling to the surface or your inner fascist?
It’s my belief that those who talk the most about reducing their carbon footprint could most effectively do so by killing themselves. All the more “carbon” for the rest of us, and invariably little of value would be lost.
As it was, the electric car owner narrowly escaped death by misadventure. He should be thanking the God he probably swears doesn’t exist for being more merciful than I tend to feel towards his type nowadays.
I am considerably more sympathetic towards his poor neighbours. The miracle is that nobody else was hurt.
Once they got over the shock they definitely thanked God for protecting them—then laughed as hard as I am at the expense of the ponce with the exploding sparky car, if not harder.
(“Fascist?” Get a new slur.)
Ordinarily … when I hear of a house explosion, I think of a natural gas leak or a meth lab. Guess I’m gonna have to adjust my thinking … which is exactly what the Tesla advertising is insisting I do.
I can’t wait for the Panic & grid Lock on all roads leading out of Coastal California… The idea that everyone will be ready with a fully charged battery Pac is foolish…Lucky in they get 5 miles before they are totally blocked. No electricity to re-charge…..No cell towers
The reported TEAR between Seattle & La… Seattle is following the subducted Zone “down” and LA is going the opposite way “UP” ….What happens next?.. is LA pushed on top of Las Vegas, or is Seattle headed to the molten Mantel…..the Ultimate in recycling
More likely the roads will be plugged with Mexifornia Beaters
All I got from the link was a photo. Try this. No commenting, of course.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/electric-car-catches-fire-and-explodes-in-%C3%AEle-bizard-garage/ar-AAEWzlA?OCID=ansmsnnews11
Thanks, corrected the link.
I searched the web for ‘electric car bizard’… second and lower links were to the story. The first link was to:
“TOP 10 new HOT electric cars…”
I didn’t see the Hyundai Kona ‘roaster’ mentioned there, but this story should give it some traction.
So ‘they’ were wrong after all.
Civilization does end with a bang not a whimper.
The other automobile manufacturers could use this kind of thing in their advertising if it weren’t for the fact that they have all been convinced by their internal and contracted spin doctors that they need to produce electric cars too. Corporate Lemmings?
Yes my 2014 diesel VW with only 45k km was dirt cheap and it only gets 800 km city and rural driving a tank.
Pickup a VW diesel while you still can.
Electric cars are booming.
You might have just have given Kate a new heading and category.
I charge.
Shocking!
Good one Joe…
An electronic device that I purchased recently has this warning about its lithium-ion battery:
————————————————————
! WARNING !
Lithium-ion battery
Lithium-ion cells and battery packs may get hot, explode or ignite and cause serious injury if exposed to abuse conditions. Be sure to follow the safety warnings below:
(snip)
Do not expose the battery to extremely high or low temperatures and pressure. Extreme temperature near fire, on stoves, in direct sunlight or other high temperature locations such as in hot weather, will cause the battery to generate heat, explode, or ignite.
(snip)
————————————————————
The car that exploded was a Hyundai Kona all-electric vehicle. Hyundai describes their Kona EV as follows:
————————————————————
The Kona Electric powertrain employs a high-efficiency 150 kW (201 horsepower) permanent-magnet synchronous electric motor supplied by a high-voltage 64 kWh lithium-ion battery. The motor develops 291 lb.-ft. of torque distributed to the front wheels through a 7.981 axle ratio. The powertrain inverter has a power density of 25.4 kVA per liter. The battery system is liquid-cooled and operates at 356 volts. Battery pack energy density is 141.3 Wh/kg (greater than Chevy Bolt), with a total battery system weight under 1,000 lbs. In addition, Kona Electric energy efficiency is internally-estimated at 117 MPGe, superior to Nissan Leaf (112 MPGe), Tesla Model S (104 MPGe), and Tesla Model X (93 MPGe).
————————————————————
Notice that the Kona’s battery pack has to be liquid-cooled.
It was 29.3C on Friday (2019.07.26) in Montreal. Not overly hot for people but very likely critically hot for a lithium-ion vehicle parked in a garage that isn’t cooled.
Notice too that the car was parked in a garage that is side-attached and not cooled or protected by the house. It’s very likely that a significant heat build-up in the garage contributed to the lithium-ion batteries overheating. With the vehicle off and the liquid cooling therefore not operating, the batteries had no protection against the heat.
No EVs for me, thank you very much.
But wait!! Far more ICE vehicles burn than EV’s do. So your electric car is actually MUCH SAFER than the alternative!
That’s their story, and the PR shills they hired to propagandize are sticking to it.
Two or three months ago, Tesla had a display in a shopping centre near where I live. The young lady I spoke with there insisted that there was no battery problem and that there were no news reports about them.
I guess the Baghdad Bob Syndrome can affect members of her generation.
It was on March 22nd that the display was in your city. I recall it because it was my cousin’s birthday
How many more crashes and fires have to happen? They should stop building these cars.
Just as an experiment I checked the temperature on the road in front of my residence, 114F. air temperature is 78F. Parking on a shopping plaza parking lot during a heat wave I would expect the tarmac would be somewhat more than 120F. So would this cause a possible stress issue to the battery and as the battery ages and is subject to more operational stress would this lead to premature battery failure. More battery failure could lead to more car fires. If you were parked beside one in a shopping plaza and it goes on fire does the insurance cover it or are we once again paying for something that will be discontinued and ruled void because of this zealous idea Canadians have to save the planet. Inquiring minds want to know.
Well, I guess we can all be thankful that gasoline powered cars never break, burn or bother.
Amen to that. Stick with fossil fuel vehicles if you don’t want to kill your family.
well , not too many ICE cars spontaneously blow up
The simple solution is to get an air conditioner for your garage.
Coal power to charge your car and coal power for the AC to keep the car from exploding.
Me and my gas vehicles should be getting some kind of environmental hero award I think. Or at least a big fat government subsidy.
Buy one of our new electric vehicles and get a free sunroof!
well jeez louise, y’all dont get it.
the real story, it’s just a test of a new fangled electric door opener.
are these things made in Chirer now? that’s where quality control is fobbed off onto the customer.