Paul Thank you. I do not have their contact info so if they are on LT I invite them to respond to my questions on these dangers in EVs
On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 11:03 AM Paul Shorb <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard - > Yes I am Chair of the GEC but not its EV expert. I would invite you to > contact Roy Harvey or Belinda Gingrich if you would like to know more about > EVs. > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 9:01 AM Richard Panetta <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> No but you were advocating for them in the post I responded to and are >> you not part of the GEC that also promotes the use of the vehicles? Or am I >> wrong you are part of that committee? >> >> If the committee is advocating and encouraging people to purchase said >> product I would hope they studied them fully and also know the dangers as >> well. >> >> If you are not part of that committee then I apologize >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 8:55 AM Paul Shorb <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> - >>> You asked whether the GEC has any thoughts on the specific dangers of >>> lithium batteries catching fire in EV. You noted among other things that in >>> recent weeks two manufacturers released bulletins telling customers not to >>> park their vehicles in a garage. >>> >>> I'm not a technical expert, and of course EVs are not part of what will >>> be put before this Town Meeting, but I can offer the following. I >>> understand from an EV owner in town that the bulletin is part of the >>> federal car-safety system working as it should. If the manufacturer >>> detects a possible problem, it sends out an alert called a "recall notice", >>> which may tell you to bring your car in to have something fixed at >>> manufacturer expense, and meanwhile take care in certain ways. Maybe some >>> other LT reader who has received one of these EV notices can fill in here. >>> >>> To put this in perspective, remember that there is some risk associated >>> with any form of stored energy, including a car's fuel tank full of >>> gasoline. We are all familiar from TV and movies of cars being burned up by >>> their own gasoline, and that has actually happened to our family's van. (We >>> all got out in time, no one was hurt.) I think I'll feel very safe in an EV. >>> >>> - Paul Shorb >>> >>> >>> >>>
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