Posted on 04/18/2023 2:00:19 PM PDT by CaptainK
They call it Tofu Drang
That is what one of person reported in the Daily Mail. He said that the EVs weighed so much more than gas powered cars that the building wasn’t built to hold all that weight.
Maybe they will have to put restrictions on the number of EVs allowed into parking garages and increase the fees according to weight.
From the article:
“Although there is no indication of what caused the Lower Manhattan collapse at this stage, the building’s fall comes just weeks after structural engineers warned that the increasing popularity of electric cars — which because of their batteries can be considerably heavier than conventional vehicles — could see garages collapse in future.
Speaking to UK paper The Daily Telegraph, engineer Chris Whapples said there is “potential for some of the early car parks in poor condition to collapse” and that owners of garages should get structural assessments of their lots done and decide whether they can take the weight of all modern cars. “
I think that is unlikely. Part of the garage pancaked to the basement level. After the Surfside condo collapse, cars parked on the ground floor under the remaining section of the building were left there for the demolition.
#104 Here is one way....
CRUNCH!
https://nypost.com/2023/04/19/manhattan-da-investigating-parking-garage-collapse-caused-by-too-many-cars-on-98-year-old-buildings-top-floor/
Thanks for the update. Looks like they will try to get as many cars out as they can because of the fire hazard to adjacent buildings.
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