Electric cars not allowed at park home site.

Arunmor

I'm sure many will say that EVs and E-Bikes aren't the same, but the risks are the same.

Jenni_D

The problem with eBikes - especially the non-folding ones - is that the battery pack can be of questionable quality, as can the charger unit. That's why they are a risk. This does not translate to EV cars etc. as their battery packs and charger units are of very high quality. So no - the risks are not the same; the chances of an eBike catching fire may be similar to an ICE vehicle, but the chances of an EV catching fire are waaaaay lower.

Grumpy_chap

Arunmor said:

I'm sure many will say that EVs and E-Bikes aren't the same, but the risks are the same.

AIUI, part of the issue with e-bikes is substandard replacement batteries that do not meet the OEM specifications and / or the ease of impact damage to the battery.

WellKnownSid

Arunmor said:

I'm sure many will say that EVs and E-Bikes aren't the same, but the risks are the same.

I've never taken our EV on the London Underground or a London Bus but I'm confident it would be fine if I did.

Frozen_up_north

The elephant in the room with EVs is the battery technology. Many/most are lithium ion technology for greater power to weight. A few are using the significantly safer, and more environment friendly, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) type. Maybe the number plates of the less safe EVs should have the green part of the number plate replaced with a red one

Herzlos

Arunmor said:

I'm sure many will say that EVs and E-Bikes aren't the same, but the risks are the same.

You can import non-standard and dodgy E-Bikes, and conversion kits into the UK, and as such there are a lot of them that are a total liability. You can't do the same with cars.

The batteries are usually more exposed, cheaper, without any active monitoring or safety features.

It's more on par with e-cigarettes but with bigger batteries. I don't imagine you'd be allowed to carry a 12v car battery on public transport either.

Arunmor

Many of you assume that EV batteries are of sufficient standard.

Arunmor

WellKnownSid said:

Arunmor said:

I'm sure many will say that EVs and E-Bikes aren't the same, but the risks are the same.

I've never taken our EV on the London Underground or a London Bus but I'm confident it would be fine if I did.

That's very funny, you've missed your calling!

booneruk

Arunmor said:

Many of you assume that EV batteries are of sufficient standard.

Do you know of manufacturers fitting dangerous batteries (please report them!), or people fitting shoddy aftermarket batteries to their EVs?

photome

Arunmor said:

Many of you assume that EV batteries are of sufficient standard.

Which ones aren’t ?