Posted on 02/25/2023 3:47:47 AM PST by Jacquerie
Ford Motor has been forced to suspend production on its electric F-150 Lightning pickup due to a battery fire.
Apparently, the electric pickup was sitting in a holding lot being charged when *poof*.
What about those pickups built during this lapse currently sitting in showrooms and garages?
The battery in an electric car is where the energy is stored. Therefore, the battery is the equivalent of a normal car’s gas tank. So let me ask you this… What if this many gas tanks had exploded over the same time frame, the past 18 months or so? You think we might pause the whole idea of the internal combustion engine until this potentially disastrous problem is worked out?
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My dad, my sis, and myself, each had a pinto. Great cars: one was a standard body, one a hatchback, and one a wagon. Getting hit from behind was not very likely as we lived rural, and mostly commuted to small towns. It was rare that there was more than one passenger in them. They had the poly exterior liners installed.
Ford’s truck is well named.
Everybody knows lightning causes fires.
People who can’t tell the difference between incendiary Ford Pinto accidents and Tesla fires may need to have someone explain to them the difference between dying in a house fire and expiring due to spontaneous human combustion. Except the latter isn’t a real concern; current EV batteries apparently are.
its a waste of money and dangerous
As it is presently being done, yes.
In the early 1900s, EVs were used for local delivery and services in cities.
They worked well for that, and moved the pollution out of the cities.
They used simple, proven, safe technology.
Any idea of using them for longer distances in rural or suburban areas is insane.
38 fires, with 27 fatalities and 24 non-fatal burns, resulting from rear-end collisions
Where is Ralph Nader on all these EV fires?
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