Danger in the seven-seater
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Eight electric cars are said to burn in China every day. Completely unimportant whether this number is really correct. But if you're expecting a bashing of electric cars now, you're barking up the wrong tree entirely.
Because, of course, according to all experience and in relation to the number of existing still burn significantly more vehicles with internal combustion engines. But that's not what we're talking about here. We are now dealing
with a possible burning car.
Which brings us to the video above. It is a brand new Tesla Model Y, i.e. built in 2023. We intentionally go into the movie just as the proud owner tries to get out from the last row of seats.
Unfortunately, we do not know whether the second row of seats can only be moved forward electrically or also mechanically. On the other hand, this exit gives us a clear picture that it is not easy even for a grown man.
What if a child should or has to do it? Whereby we want to combine this action with the occasional flammability of vehicles mentioned above. We see real dangers in the obstructed rear.
No, this is absolutely not only against the Tesla Model Y. Unfortunately, there are only very few six or seven-seaters where the rear doors open wide enough. And those that can are often big enough and hard to handle
because they can only be operated electrically.
But what if the electrical system also fails in the event of an accident? We don't even want to think about landing on the side or the roof. But even if not, how are emergency services supposed to get to people in the third row?
Just look at the tiny side windows.
The glass roof also strech across the passengers, so in the event of a smash it would partially fall on them. The short-haul argument doesn't work, because something can happen there too. We see serious risks for people
sitting there in the event of a fire.
And one more point: After the initial row, the 1234yf refrigerant has now been quietly introduced in all cars, including electric cars. Although it has a 1430 times lower greenhouse effect than its predecessor, it forms extremely
toxic hydrofluoric acid in the event of a fire.
So if your car with air conditioning catches fire in an accident, don't even try to put it out, but run away with all the occupants as quickly as possible. So, and now the approval authorities should explain to us why they gave
such
seven-seaters their blessing.
If we look back almost seventy years, we might still remember the Isetta from BMW. All specimens had a fabric roof, not because the manufacturer was so generous, but because it was a requirement of the then registration
authority in the event that this vehicle could fall on the only openable door in an accident or for other reasons cannot be opened.
What actually has to happen for the registration authorities in Germany, for example, to finally do something about such seven-seaters? In the case of the diesel scandal, they only took action after all the manipulations had
been discovered abroad.
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