BYD's new hot hatchback ?

[Everest]

Week old news, but don't think it was mentioned on here yet...

 

[MG Clive]

This has been a hell of a fire, bad news for BYD.

 

[salty]

Yep, already seen that. On another forum.
On The EV "fact" thread. Some of um take great pleasure in posting owt like that. In fact owt bad about EVs.
It's pitiful.

 

[Rolfe]

It was hardly the fault of the cars. They didn't start the fire. Also, it was quickly extinguished and nobody was hurt.

 

[Biker67]

After seeing footage like that. My HS PHEV will only ever live on my driveway. It'll never be upgraded to live in my man-cave/garage!

 

[Ian Key]

After seeing footage like that. My HS PHEV will only ever live on my driveway. It'll never be upgraded to live in my man-cave/garage!

You are more likely to have a fire caused by a chip pan or a tumble dryer.

 

[Everest]

I was going to say having a chip pan in a man cave is seriously cool, but the tumble drier sort of cancels that thought out

 

[Biker67]

You are more likely to have a fire caused by a chip pan or a tumble dryer.

Highly unlikely, as I don't own either

 

[Rolfe]

After seeing footage like that. My HS PHEV will only ever live on my driveway. It'll never be upgraded to live in my man-cave/garage!

It wasn't caused by a car battery. And the stuff that was burning - upholstery, soundproofing, plastics and so on - is the same stuff that burns in any car fire.

 

[Biker67]

It wasn't caused by a car battery. And the stuff that was burning - upholstery, soundproofing, plastics and so on - is the same stuff that burns in any car fire.

Do you recall the Range Rover that burnt down an entire carpark at Luton airport a few years back?
The MSM told a fib or three about its power train (allegedly)
Consequently, I personally wouldn't immediately/blindly believe any news coming from BYD about this incident either Rolfe.

 

[Rolfe]

We know exactly what started the Luton airport fire, right down to it registration number and its MOT history. It was a diesel Range Rover Sport.

I don't see any reason to disbelieve the explanation for the BYD fire.

 

[Biker67]

We know exactly what started the Luton airport fire, right down to it registration number and its MOT history. It was a diesel Range Rover Sport.

I don't see any reason to disbelieve the explanation for the BYD fire.

Ref the registration number, allegedly, the footage was faked to fit the narrative?
I won't go into any more detail. Other than the fact someone very close to me at the time worked for JLR.
I don't expect you to believe me Rolfe.

But consider this for a moment...
The government want us all out of ICE vehicles & into EV's.
There's been relatively isolated incidents of EV's going up in flames.
So said one-off incidents are fairly easily brushed under the carpet.

Then one allegedly EV vehicle costs Luton airport & dozens of car insurance companies millions of pounds.
Do you see a possible incentive to claim the vehicle in question wasn't an EV?

 

[Rolfe]

Ref the registration number, allegedly, the footage was faked to fit the narrative?
I won't go into any more detail. Other than the fact someone very close to me at the time worked for JLR.
I don't expect you to believe me Rolfe.

But consider this for a moment...
The government want us all out of ICE vehicles & into EV's.
There's been relatively isolated incidents of EV's going up in flames.
So said one-off incidents are fairly easily brushed under the carpet.

Then one allegedly EV vehicle costs Luton airport & dozens of car insurance companies millions of pounds.
Do you see a possible incentive to claim the vehicle in question wasn't an EV?

I left my tinfoil hat in the wardrobe, sorry. The number plate was readable in videos taken as the fire took hold and circulated online pretty much immediately. I suppose they even faked the owner buying another (gold, somewhat younger) RR Sport and transferring his personal number plate on to that? That really is going above and beyond.

Land Rovers and Range Rovers catch fire all the bloody time. There was nothing unusual about this one.

 

[Biker67]

I left my tinfoil hat in the wardrobe, sorry

No problem, I didn't expect you to believe me for a single second.
But it seems that these days. The difference between a "tin foil hat" conspiracy theory & a fact.
Is approximately 9 months!
You seem like an intelligent lady? Maybe don't take everything the MSM feeds you as the gospel truth?

 

[Rolfe]

I'm not interested in the "MSM". I saw the video of the car with smoke and flames coming out of its bonnet that was posted on Twitter very soon after the fire took hold. The number was readable and was looked up on the DVLA web site. I looked it up myself at that point, in common with a lot of other people. It was a red Range Rover Sport. Much much later the official report on the fire had CCTV pictures of the same car going through the ticket barrier into the car park, with smoke again visible coming from the bonnet, and it was the same red Range Rover Sport with the same registration number.

When that registration number was looked up at that point it resolved to a very similar Range Rover Sport, but younger and gold in colour. It was a personalised number plate and the owner had had it transferred to the replacement car he bought.

Remarkable.

 

[Biker67]

I'm not interested in the "MSM". I saw the video of the car with smoke and flames coming out of its bonnet that was posted on Twitter very soon after the fire took hold. The number was readable and was looked up on the DVLA web site. I looked it up myself at that point, in common with a lot of other people. It was a red Range Rover Sport. Much much later the official report on the fire had CCTV pictures of the same car going through the ticket barrier into the car park, with smoke again visible coming from the bonnet, and it was the same red Range Rover Sport with the same registration number.

When that registration number was looked up at that point it resolved to a very similar Range Rover Sport, but younger and gold in colour. It was a personalised number plate and the owner had had it transferred to the replacement car he bought.

Remarkable.

God bless the world sheep massive & their ability to consume the MSM gullibility juice!

 

[Rolfe]

Well, I've told you the evidence I rely on to form my opinion. None of which was accessed from any "mainstream media" as it happens. If you think that was all faked, I'll leave you to it.

You might be surprised by my background in the "conspiracy theory" stakes.

 

[Biker67]

You might be surprised by my background in the "conspiracy theory" stakes.

Maybe, but I doubt it!

 

[Rolfe]

You know all about my work on the Lockerbie bombing evidence, then?

 

[fnegroni]

can't believe in this day and age of AI people still try to start rumours and conspiracy theories