Quote Originally Posted by Deeranged View Post
Quite a lot of nonsense there Islay.

1. EVs are quieter than traditional fuel powered vehicles but are not by any means silent and pedestrians can hear them with the obvious caveat that deaf or hard of hearing pedestrians might not. Silent killers? Don't think so.

2. Tyre manufacturers have been manufacturing tyres for heavy vehicles for decades; they go on lorries, buses etc. These tyres are designed to take the weight of heavy vehicles. Material technology will soon reduce the amount of material required for these heavier type tyres (but probably not the cost)

3. Not every vehicle - v - pedestrian collision is the fault of the vehicle driver. Regardless of whether the vehicle that hits a pedestrian is petrol, diesel or electric the pedestrian is going to come off worst. Possibly the more significant factor in the severity of injuries caused in an accident will be speed at impact.

4. All cars are now designed with safety in mind, crumple zones and energy deflecting design for example. In fact a modern car colliding with a bus or lorry is designed to give as much protection to the occupants as is possible. Highly unlikely therefore that a collision between a petrol / diesel vehicle and an EV will have too much difference in risk to the occupants or to how the vehicles themselves e=react to the impact

5. You're missing a very important point about EVs. Try looking at the raw materials required in the manufacture of the batteries and the re-cyclability of the materials used. The greens seem happy to allow this without considering the potential for global raw material shortages ten years from now.
Now there you go Islay, number 5. Go hard on that one and then come back with something I can't argue with.