Hybrids Vs PHEVs vs All Electric

Originally posted by boomeronrations: ↑

Quokka
You might wish to investigate 2 things.
The flash point of petroleum products , and why a days worth of electricity out of your 2.7 kw of solar panels only produces 7kwh
Also interested in why 2.7 kw of panel seems to be some sort of limit for you.
Even without a warehouse roof , most people aren't that restricted.

Top 10 Causes of a Car Fire | HowStuffWorks

Above is a useful [ pretty non partisan] link to an article that should hopefully stop people being afraid to park next to an ev , as opposed to a hybrid or an ice[ if you going to be extra , extra careful].

Also worth keeping in mind , if early Teslas had a problem , and more modern EVs dont , then problems with early models irrelevant to what you buy now . and , things people are ''concerned '' about , are not a substitute for evidence.

In summary ,
The scenario Dave paints is well within the realms of logic and reality .

Why dont I drive an ev ?
Caravan , boat , frequent country trips .
A plugin hybrid in a few years when the ute starts to get too old.

A Chinese SUV for the spouse next year.

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Geez Boomer I gave you the references I used. @dave sss (welcome back Dave) has just explained the differences between flash point and auto-ignition for you; his figures agree with those in the references I quoted and also the one you quoted.

I don't know where you live but here in 19th century WA we're only allowed a 5kW inverter and 6.6kW of panels in a grid-tied system unless we have a battery to absorb the extra (an EV battery would be great, but not many models have decent V2L capability). In June, one kW of solar panels here produces an AVERAGE of 3.0kWh per day according to PV Watts (my 10 years of data indicates 2.6kW/day, but then it is an older system) hence the 2.7kW AVERAGE that I used to charge an EV. I'm not hung up on 2.7kW, it's just a big proportion of what I'm allowed to put up there, and I might have better things to do with it, especially in June.

https://pvwatts.nrel.gov/pvwatts.php

As far as your other points go, only the EVs that ignite are included in the EV statistics. The one that burnt at Sydney Airport last year took 4 ICEs with it and I'm guessing that if the parking station had been full of EVs they wouldn't have saved many. Two shiploads of cars have been destroyed in as many years by suspected EV fires; they wouldn't have been caused by overcharging or collisions.

https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/incident.php?record=receuBlZdKu5uZ0Ch

In a stockmarket forum DYOR is well understood. I've done mine and am unconvinced as yet; I don't expect everyone here to agree with me.