I wonder what the emissions from that were?

[Snooky]

It's not hard to Google something like "do electric vehicles catch fire more than petrol vehicles?", to which the answer in all results seems to be "no, statistically they're far less likely to catch fire" - but even that seems to be too much effort for EV cynics. I'm pretty ambivalent to the power source used and I run 2 ICE vehicles, but at least I try to base my opinions on easily discoverable facts.

[Gibbon]

Curious why, is it the fact that in an accident if the battery body gets damaged it's bin time, or something else. Typically insurance goes up due to claims, but this is fairly new technology, so perhaps the risk has been assessed as higher due to something we don't yet know but insurers know from manufacturers?

Insight: Scratched EV battery? Your insurer may have to junk the whole car | Reuters

[northernladuk]

Curious why, is it the fact that in an accident if the battery body gets damaged it's bin time, or something else. Typically insurance goes up due to claims, but this is fairly new technology, so perhaps the risk has been assessed as higher due to something we don't yet know but insurers know from manufacturers?

As per my original mail I can't believe they aren't graded along side sports cars with equivalent acceleration, especially when your average family will be owning them, not petrol heads. Both are risks but different. One generally drives like and idiot, the other doesn't know how to handle a powerful car.

And the size of the claim in an accident as you say.

[dsc]

Insight: Scratched EV battery? Your insurer may have to junk the whole car | Reuters

Yes, this is what I was thinking about, even the smallest damage to the battery case increases the risk the battery might've been damaged inside, which can then lead to a fire at a random point in time, so safest option is to bin it. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the reason why premiums are going up as even on a potentially small collision you are scrapping the whole car

[dsc]

As per my original mail I can't believe they aren't graded along side sports cars with equivalent acceleration, especially when your average family will be owning them, not petrol heads. Both are risks but different. One generally drives like and idiot, the other doesn't know how to handle a powerful car.

And the size of the claim in an accident as you say.

Would be good to see statistics on how many people drive them off the road when fecking about with friends.

[Paddy]

You get warranty up to 100k miles but from what I've read they don't need replacing till at least 200k miles mark. That of course leaves a pretty large gap of a 100k between the two, but it's really down to how much you drive and how old the EV is to start with. Don't they offer battery health indication on most models? No idea how that works, but if you don't slam them hard with some weird charging or it doesn't catch fire, you are good

The devil is in the detail (T&Cs). This includes main dealer servicing and checks including any external damage that could affect the battery. Speed bumps especially in London are guaranteed to bottom out most EVs.

[vetran]

As per my original mail I can't believe they aren't graded along side sports cars with equivalent acceleration, especially when your average family will be owning them, not petrol heads. Both are risks but different. One generally drives like and idiot, the other doesn't know how to handle a powerful car.

And the size of the claim in an accident as you say.

The insurers seem to agree with you
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/3...rers.%E2%80%9D

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/e...ctric-vehicles