WITH a second electric bus catching fire in London after Christmas, (the first was in Potters Bar in 2022), isn’t it about time that the Government stopped pushing its pursuit of net zero, stopped forcing electric vehicles upon us and took a hint from the liable bus operators? Yes, very sensibly TfL has withdrawn its whole fleet.
The government must act immediately to ban all EVs from multi-storey and underground parks. But of course it won’t, because it would be an admission of failure.
The Dutch coast guard is investigating whether a deadly fire aboard a car carrier Tuesday originated in one of the electric vehicles onboard. In June, four people died from a fire caused by lithium-ion batteries at an e-bike repair store in New York City, part of a growing trend. There were 74 lithium battery incidents on flights last year, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, and that number rose every year but three during the preceding decade.
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