Quote Originally Posted by grantzer View Post
So an electric mini weighs 50% more than a range rover?? What about luggage,does that make a difference?

Also can you provide details on the number of electric cars that have spontaneously combusted,and the number of petrol cars that gave gone up in flames in the last 10 years?

And potholes...not caused by lorries or buses, just electric cars....

Maybe we should all go back to the horse and cart......
Your reply to my post is another case of selective word blindness by you.
I posted that the extra weight of electric powered vehicles will likely cause more pot holes.
I also quoted the information from the minutes of the Islay Community Council meeting held on 18th May 2022 concerning the article in the press about the batteries of electric powered cars combusting.
At present when the Gleaners petrol or diesel tanker sails on the Calmac ferry from Kennacraig to Islay it has to be situated in a part of the vehicle deck well away from other cars and commercial vehicles as a safety issue.
If there is a combustion problem with battery powered vehicles then they will have to either be situated well away from other vehicles or preferably banned from sailing on Calmac ferries until their safety can be 100% guaranteed.
If a vehicle goes on fire which happened in the cab of an HGV in mid passage on the MV Finlaggan sailing from Kennacraig to Port Askaig in December 2019 it can have serious consequences including a loss of life due to the remainder of the ferry going on fire.
I should know as we were sitting at Port Askaig pier waiting for our sailing to Kennacraig when the fire engine based in Bowmore Islay arrived at Port Askaig pier with its blue lights flashing.
I saw the badly burnt cab of the HGV which had been removed from the MV Finlaggan after it docked at Port Askaig pier as I drove our car onto the vehicle deck of the MV Finlaggan. You could still smell the smoke in the air from the fire.
Needless to say the news about this lorry cab fire on the MV Finlaggan ferry during its sailing from Kennacraig to Port Askaig was suppressed and covered up by the bosses at Calmac Ferries, Transport Scotland and the Scottish Government because they do not allow bad news to be published if they can help it.