How safe are Battery cars.

Hello, A channel five documentary asked that question. Coventry, the one time centre of motorcar development. In home, occasionally we may have experienced an electrical device that starts to smell hot, so we pull the plug out. A battery is its own power source, integral to the vehicle, so that first line of action isn't there. Parliament has already barred electric cars from being parked in the under parliament car park. So, you decide not to have an electric vehicle, but your neighbour has one, parked outside being charged overnight. There's one, in our cul-de-sac just a few doors from me. Any opinions? This cargo ship sank carrying EVs. The vessel sank, as have others. My mind is centred not on the vehicle catching fire. It's that we don't appear to have the technology to deal with EV fires.

It's hard to know but I bet if the definitive answer turns out to be not very safe then house insurance will go up as well as car insurance. The question on your form will be 'do you have an electric car?'. 'If you have an electric car do you store it in an attached/detached garage?' If they're very unsafe then insurers will start to ask about your neighbours' cars

I think it may make a big difference if you have an electric or a hybrid which you have to plug in. We have had both and were lucky to be able to plug one car into the dryer socket in the house. I think the plug ins are a pain in the neck, especially when you have a long journey, so I have an all electric which is completely off when parked. I get 45 to the gallon around town - US gallons are less than UK - but up to 55 on long journeys. When you're tootling along at about 50-60 mph the battery renews itself. I put petrol in about every 2 months.