On 16 Jul 2016 at 2:28, brucedp5 via EV wrote:

> While one isolated case is nothing to get worried about ...

Finally, a rational statement from the usually-breathless be-afraid-be-very-
afraid news media.

> ... it should put the people at the Los Angeles Police Department on
> high alert, having just ordered a fleet of 100 of these little EVs
> after testing the BMW i3 against a Tesla Model S. 

Oh.  I guess it's media business as usual after all.  Carry on then.

> Only time (and, maybe, the fire department) will tell if that was a
> smart decision or not. 

So was it a smart decision for police departments all over the US to 
purchase all those Crown Victorias back in the late 1990s and early 2000s?  
Not just one, but 17 Crown Vic police cars caught fire after rear-end 
collisions.  Eleven people died.

http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/problems/studies/CrownVic/

David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
EVDL Administrator

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