EV opposition in the media is ramping up

[Rolfe]

I can't even see the remains of a registration plate. It also looks like a two-seater. Somebody on Twitter said it looked a bit like a kit car.

I looked for iPace wheels but the only one that looked a bit like that was for the F-Pace and had five spokes, not six.

 

[Archev]

I can't even see the remains of a registration plate. It also looks like a two-seater. Somebody on Twitter said it looked a bit like a kit car.

I looked for iPace wheels but the only one that looked a bit like that was for the F-Pace and had five spokes, not six.

Smear a wee drop of honey on it and it could pass for my toast the other day

 

[mg4mc]

Reg plate is in the last picture. ?? 63 XGE

Wreck wheel, and i-Pace OEM wheel.

 

[Rolfe]

Reg plate is in the last picture. ?? 63 XGE

I didn't see that. I wonder if there's any way to enhance it?

ETA: I see it now, I wasn't looking in the middle of the heap. Looks like ??63 GXE to me. Doesn't look promising for getting the first two letters. I wonder why the wreck looks like a two-seater?

ETA again: I think it's ??69 GXE. Seems unlikely it would be a 2013 car, and the reports specifically single out the 2019 iPace model as the worst one for the fire risk.

Wreck wheel, and i-Pace OEM wheel.
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Bingo, we have a match. That didn't come up when I did a search. Have a coconut.

So it's almost certainly an iPace, and it's burned to a crisp. While sitting on (or at least beside) a charger. This seems like a big deal, so what the hell happened and why isn't it all over Geoff Buys Cars? (I suppose it might have been, I don't actually hang on his every word. I might check his channel for October.)

 

[Coulomb]

Looks like that iPace didn't get its recall done in time.

 

[Rolfe]

Remind me about that. I knew there was something. What was the recall issue?

The other something was that there was a Jaguar iPace involved in all the shenanigans with Mr and Mrs Nicola Sturgeon, which has resulted in Mr (Peter Murrell) being charged with embezzlement. The number of that car is known and it has been followed through a couple of changes of owner by people who are interested in such things. I wonder if someone is trying to dispose of the evidence?

ETA: Got the info about the recall.

 

[tsedge]

That wheel looks like it could have been a Jaguar I-Pace, I can't make out the start of the registration plate.

Yes, it does look like an iPace, definitely an EV and the right size for that.

 

[salty]

Geoff whoever he is, or the the media, isn't making a big deal of it. But we are.

 

[tsedge]

It isn't a big deal, iPaces have this known fault and it is not representative of EVs typically.

That said, EVs fires are a thing, you will find examples, it is just very rare and with newer technologies will become much rarer (though never zero).

 

[mg4mc]

I didn't see that. I wonder if there's any way to enhance it?

ETA: I see it now, I wasn't looking in the middle of the heap. Looks like ??63 GXE to me. Doesn't look promising for getting the first two letters. I wonder why the wreck looks like a two-seater?

ETA again: I think it's ??69 GXE. Seems unlikely it would be a 2013 car, and the reports specifically single out the 2019 iPace model as the worst one for the fire risk.

The article is reusing photos "posted by locals", so find the original post and you may have a chance of higher res. image. Good luck with that!

I don't know the iPace interior, but the rear seat is probably a bench type seat like the MG, and may also have been disturbed by the fire brigade.

 

[Rolfe]

I don't think we need the number, we know what it is. It wouldn't return any useful information now anyway, as the car is no longer on the road.

Top notch detective work, team. Better than the Sun managed.

No, Salty, we're not making a big deal about it, we're getting the facts so that if another EV hater points to this incident shouting about how all EVs go on fire, we can counter with the truth.

 

[Gomev]

I didn't see that. I wonder if there's any way to enhance it?

ETA: I see it now, I wasn't looking in the middle of the heap. Looks like ??63 GXE to me. Doesn't look promising for getting the first two letters. I wonder why the wreck looks like a two-seater?

ETA again: I think it's ??69 GXE. Seems unlikely it would be a 2013 car, and the reports specifically single out the 2019 iPace model as the worst one for the fire risk.

Pardon my ignorance but what is ETA: meaning ? My only knowledge of that is Estimated Time of Arrival.

 

[salty]

No, Salty, we're not making a big deal about it, we're getting the facts so that if another EV hater points to this incident shouting about how all EVs go on fire, we can counter with the truth.

Didn't mean that to sound like it did.
Apologies.

 

[emmadragon]

Pardon my ignorance but what is ETA: meaning ? My only knowledge of that is Estimated Time of Arrival.

In this context, Edited To Add.

 

[Robf]

Entertainment for a Friday

Electric car driver turned away from hospital car park

Experts say it does not make sense as research suggests petrol cars are much more likely to catch fire.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[salty]

Entertainment for a Friday

Electric car driver turned away from hospital car park

Experts say it does not make sense as research suggests petrol cars are much more likely to catch fire.

www.bbc.co.uk

Absolutely bloody ridiculous.

 

[maskull]

Entertainment for a Friday

Electric car driver turned away from hospital car park

Experts say it does not make sense as research suggests petrol cars are much more likely to catch fire.

www.bbc.co.uk

Probably they'd prefer their patients to be choked by diesel/petrol fumes ?

 

[m4rmite]

It's a bit strange as they have 2 car chargers in site

 

[Rolfe]

Read the article. But it's still bloody ridiculous.

 

[Ian Key]

Looks like a badly informed fire prevention officer from Merseyside Fire and Rescue caused the problem. At least the BBC contacted various knowledgeable experts to show the hospital's stance was wrong.