This message needs to be blasted to all car owners - NOT to park YOUR car next to one of their fire traps.
When I park my car, I’ll be looking out for Chevy Bolts from now on.
Are parking garages rejecting them yet?.......................
If it took an hour to fill up your gas tank, would it be a good idea to start the nozzle and then go get coffee?
Oh no which to ban,un-vaxed or Bolt owners or both.
They will be mandatory in the future but you cant park on anywhere. Makes sense to me and sounds about right with todays group mentality.Nurses and front line workeres were heros a few short weeks ago now they are pariahs loosing there jobs because they are unvaccinated and may infect some one vaccinated. Hummmm makes sense to me as the vacination is such good protection
I bought my 1976 1 ton Chevy dually truck after it had spent 10 years on a potato farm.
That was April of 1986.
The truck had 90,000 on the speedometer.
Today, that truck has over 348,000 miles on it. I drove it all over the western states to competitions.
I never had to worry about any of the above restrictions.
I ONLY was careful about NOT getting KEYHOLED when I was towing my horse trailer.........NOT FUN
JUST replaced the fuel switching mechanism UNDER the pickup bed== original part....46 years old.
Don’t think there is a single thing in a car today that will last 46 years.
TRUCK IS NOT for sale...despite recent inquiries.
Registration is under $100.
MPG is about 7 when not towing.
“50 feet of other vehicles”
That leaves out parking in apartment parking spaces, supermarket lots, car dealerships, municipal buildings, parking garages, airport parking lots, McDonald’s parking, commuter parking lots, and your parents’ driveway.
Never fear! You can park on the top floor of the parking garage as long as no one else parks there. Better be prepared to fight with the other people who want to park in the only spot allowed.
I can foresee the future: mandated electric cars, car fires, massive battery drainage on the highway, massive traffic jams, inflated electric rates, ruling elite driving around in gas-powered vehicles with private gas stations only they can use.
And I can park it anywhere where a car can be legally parked.
EV’s are great as a commuter vehicle. I have one (made by Ford).
I used to drive a Pinto Wagon, also made by Ford, whose exploding characteristics were overblown by the media. It was a good, inexpensive vehicle that hauled a good bit of gear in the back…including sometimes a stand up bass. I was sorry to let it go long after 100K miles.
I have the opportunity (Ford Option financing) to turn it in after 3 years if I want to do so. After a couple of months of ownership I really like it. It excels at short trip driving, which is the hardest wear and worst gas efficiency with gasoline vehicles.
I am cautious as to when I charge it at home, but so far there are no problems with the battery in my car or most models of EV cars. Still, better safe than sorry.
If I have to drive one way over 50 miles I take a gasoline car. That said, using the EV for commuting will help keep my gas cars in service much longer.
You can't park your electric car next to anything because it MAY ignite spontaneously?
Hmm, what about the "old school" car that I have been parking in my garage for the last 50 YEARS that contains at LEAST 5 gallons of one the MOST EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES ON EARTH!! (have you ever seen what just ONE gallon of atomized gasoline can do when ignited??)
I guess I'd better move that "old school" auto right now!!
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As opposed to other fires? A journalist can teach you something new every day...even if is completely stupid.
A lithium battery fire is tough to fight because the oxidizer and the fuel are mixed together inside the battery. You can't get the water to cool and separate the fuel from the air like with most fires. But all fires are chemical reactions.
A buddy of mine, who has a new or almost new Chevy Camaro, needed to get the battery replaced. $275 later, he was good to go! The battery is far different than we know as a standard battery. He had a been pole for the ground, and a recessed hole for the Plus. No way he could’ve done it himself.
I’ve always wanted an electric car that I had to park 50’ away from everything and then watch for hours while it charged.
Thanks, Chevy!
How soon before homeowner’s insurance has a no pay clause due to fire caused by an EV?
I’d be interested to know how many fires there have been.
These warnings remind me of all the side-effects on bottles of
medicine. Heck, if you believe much of it you’re buying into
the science that feeds rats 100,000 times as much as a human,
and if they break out into a freckle, it has to be mentioned.
It’s all litigation abatement. “Hey, you were warned. You
made a choice.”
Look, some medications do have some serious side effects
that need to be taken into consideration. And yes I’m
sure 5 out of 100,000 Bolts sold will have a fire.
Guess what. There may be close to that many gas cars that
break out into flames.