Well, for not being available in the US market, I see them a LOT in the NYC/Long Island area. I honestly don’t remember the last mini I’ve seen WITHOUT them…
Must be very common to swap them in.
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Well, for not being available in the US market, I see them a LOT in the NYC/Long Island area. I honestly don’t remember the last mini I’ve seen WITHOUT them…
Must be very common to swap them in.
They even show them on the US version of the website with a small disclaimer that it's a European model shown.
Still younger than Mrs AFB 2012 Kia Picanto. Only had to replace the 12v battery and tyres since we got it 6-7 years back.
Congrats! Come on over to the EV talk thread. You can give some good details for potential EV buyers.
Same color as my wife's new Passport. Went to buy a Pilot Black and ended up with a Passport Trailsport. Go figure, but her car.
EV talk? Did I miss a thread.
EVs are great, especially when you don't have to give Elon money
Good night sweet prince. Washed and oil changed. She sleeps for the winter. See you in the spring.
Teslas are the least safe cars on US roads.
www.fastcompany.com
New study shows Tesla makes some of the most dangerous cars on the road
An analysis of accidents from 2018 to 2022 show Tesla's fatal accident rate is double the national average.
Not surprising considering the absurd size of many of the cars on American roads. Tesla’s are among the safest in Europe and score high on the Euro NCAP.Teslas are the least safe cars on US roads.
New study shows Tesla makes some of the most dangerous cars on the road
An analysis of accidents from 2018 to 2022 show Tesla's fatal accident rate is double the national average.
It's not true data, it just simply makes assumptions. Especially with the opinion piece linked above.
The actual data source cited in the opinion piece:
The 23 Most Dangerous Cars On The Road - iSeeCars.com
The fatal accident rate is now 2.8 per billion miles and the Hyundai Venue is the car with the highest fatal accident rate, while Tesla has the highest...
www.iseecars.com
It does not have any single Tesla vehicle in the top of any category, but somehow (without showing the calculation) they have the brand Tesla the most dangerous... Is this because there are only 4 models? They even admit that it isn't only vehicle design. So, if anything, they should be saying the Tesla owners are the least safe on the road, not the vehicle, which implies it is a design issue.
hmmm....
As the article states isn’t is not clear if it’s the design or the behavior of the drivers. I would vote for American Tesla driver behavior.Teslas are the least safe cars on US roads.
New study shows Tesla makes some of the most dangerous cars on the road
An analysis of accidents from 2018 to 2022 show Tesla's fatal accident rate is double the national average.
Want to go to Brunei and rescue those three McLaren F1 LMs (LM1 black, LM4 black and LM5 orange).
Also the Dauer 962s. One of the 962s looks like the interior has started getting fungus…
There was a big photo leak of most of the collection. Some of the AMG Mercs look sad - leather hit by mould. All of them are 7.2L V12 engines at 555 or 565hp.
Also the Dauer 962s. One of the 962s looks like the interior has started getting fungus…
There was a big photo leak of most of the collection. Some of the AMG Mercs look sad - leather hit by mould. All of them are 7.2L V12 engines at 555 or 565hp.
Seems like a case of lies, damn lies and statistics.It's not true data, it just simply makes assumptions. Especially with the opinion piece linked above.
The actual data source cited in the opinion piece:
The 23 Most Dangerous Cars On The Road - iSeeCars.com
The fatal accident rate is now 2.8 per billion miles and the Hyundai Venue is the car with the highest fatal accident rate, while Tesla has the highest...
It does not have any single Tesla vehicle in the top of any category, but somehow (without showing the calculation) they have the brand Tesla the most dangerous... Is this because there are only 4 models? They even admit that it isn't only vehicle design. So, if anything, they should be saying the Tesla owners are the least safe on the road, not the vehicle, which implies it is a design issue.
hmmm....
Do Teslas really have the highest fatal accident rate? Executive responds
A Tesla executive has responded to claims that a study found the company's vehicles to have the highest rate of fatal accidents across...
www.teslarati.com
I am never going to buy a EV and i think they will start to fade. They already have alternative motors they are working on and our new President said he is putting a halt on the EV craze. Even if he doesnt, they are years and years away from having charging stations as readily available like gas stations. They need to upgrade the grid for one thing. Id never charge a EV in my garage. Its a fire hazard you wont live thru.
So much misinformation in one post.
Yes there are alternative motors. But the oil is not going to last forever. Plus it’s really not helping the planet.
As most charging is done at people’s homes and offices (something like 80-90% depending on where you live) they won’t need to have as many charging stations as petrol stations.
Updating the grid very much on where you live. Works fine in the UK.
Fire risks from EV’s are significantly lower than with petrol cars.
Personally I’ll never buy another petrol car. I’m done with that old technology.
So many clues in that response as to why I'm not surprised at such a response. And that is entirely your prerogative. Luckily, the world is a much bigger place than just the USA and real-world experiences differ greatly.
In my experience when I was shopping for a car and the car salesmen was explaining the car I was amazed I had to go to something like a gas station to fill up the car, I mean why can't I do that at home? When looking into fires I learned from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and National Transportation Safety Board that an ICE based car is more than 60x likelier to be involved in a fire than an EV. I also found out that an ICE had to IDLE with the engine running to heat up the car which is illegal in many countries so I can't pre-heat nor pre-cool. And when I looked at the running costs of a comparable powerful car I would have to spend more than 8K per year just in fuel costs.
I really don't understand ICE cars and why people would buy them, doesn't make any sense to me.
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Talk about misinformation. You have to be kidding me 🙄
Your post is really off the mark, and we aren't the UK.
Texas alone has their own grid that needs updating,....before they start buying tons of EVs. Lower fire risk than petrol cars lol . At least you can put the petrol fire out for just one point.
You Sir are the one that needs to be informed.
I’m in the UK thank you very much. Do some research and you’ll find the facts speak for themselves.
EV’s are much less prone to fires than petrol cars. Yes EV fires are difficult to put out. But it happens so rarely (although of course always publicised massively by those that benefit from spreading fake news about EV’s).
In 2023/24 there were 100k vehicle fires in the UK and EV’s were responsible for 0.013% of them. You’d be very unlucky if you owned one that caught fire in reality, but social media has a lot of propaganda in this and people like yourself seem to believe it.
EV’s aren’t for everyone though and I’m quite selfish in that I’d rather fewer people have them as it’s really convenient for me. Right now I’ve gone away for the weekend with family and our EV is parked in a dedicated space, larger than others with a cross hatched area all around it so cars can’t park too close. There’s about 30 of these spaces while ICE cars have to bunch up in normal sized spaces. It won’t last forever though as 1 in 5 new car registrations is an EV and more are now popping up in my street. They will be more popular soon.
I know nothing about the UK related to EVs.
Here in the USA the government was giving big tax breaks to buy a EV but they have made that tax break not as good now and EV sales have slowed.
Our new President to be in Jan, he isn't a big supporter of EVs so he probably will slow that tax break more or altogether.
I never said ICE cars don't catch fire, they both do but a EV fire is much worse. For me EVs just have a long way to go to be as convenient as gas cars and our power in our nation needs upgrading to accommodate. In CA they are already putting charging restriction times to charge your car.
You shouldn't need to have to charge them in your garage. Nobody has a gas pump in their garage. It's just nobody wants to sit around 20 to 30 minutes for them to charge up. That's inconvenient.
Also here is a tidbit from a article:
How many electric car owners go back to gas?
A survey conducted by McKinsey Center For Future Mobility reported that 46% of U.S. car owners who drive electric vehicles would shift back to an internal combustion engine. The percentage was the second highest behind electric car owners from the United Kingdom, 49% of which would switch back.Jun 27, 2024
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