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Old 07-29-2022, 08:44 AM
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Default 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray Devoured By Fire!

Well . . .that didn't go so well . . .

https://www.motor1.com/news/601190/c...ay-burns-down/
Old 07-29-2022, 08:50 AM
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That's a car?? Wowie.....







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Old 07-29-2022, 09:45 AM
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Clearly a joke and some one is biting. Eray doesn't use the base rims. There hasn't been one filmed with 19/20" even when covered up.
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Old 07-29-2022, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by WalterSobchak
Clearly a joke and some one is biting. Eray doesn't use the base rims. There hasn't been one filmed with 19/20" even when covered up.

The publication is not treating it as a joke.

If it is, a joke someone is in a whole lot of trouble.

If not some one is in a whole lot of angst

either way really off the chart news
Old 07-29-2022, 11:11 AM
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Whatever it is, this is interesting to see in the front half of the car…



Old 07-29-2022, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by WalterSobchak
Clearly a joke and some one is biting. Eray doesn't use the base rims. There hasn't been one filmed with 19/20" even when covered up.
your assuming there isint an Eray riding around in a narrow body for testing. I think that is exactly what this is.
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Old 07-29-2022, 12:23 PM
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If it's fake Chevy could go after them for defamation...
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Remember that cargo ship that sunk w Bentleys and Porsches…. Fire started by an EV on board that could not be put out. TOTAL LOSS…..
You couldn’t give me an EV, I value my home and possessions waaaay more than trying to be cool, and wit it in todays upside down world. 😤
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Old 07-29-2022, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by WalterSobchak
Clearly a joke and some one is biting. Eray doesn't use the base rims. There hasn't been one filmed with 19/20" even when covered up.
Yep probably courtesy of Exxon. However, if it wasn't fake I might see it as good news. The implication is the evil lithium battery started it and cannot be put out. But with this level of destruction it would lend credence to them making it a PHEV with a decent size battery. Sign me up.
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Interesting that the rim looks like it held up well considering what the rest of whatever it is looks like. Almost looks like someone threw a bent wheel in after the fact. Also, those exhaust pipes, assuming that is the exhaust, don't look like a base c8 or eray exhaust. Course that could be a photo from the middle but I think I see mufflers tho.
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Originally Posted by TRANS DAMM
your assuming there isint an Eray riding around in a narrow body for testing. I think that is exactly what this is.
Article says this was one of 2 in the hands of Bosch. Definitely possible it was a base testing certain specific components. Interesting that the article mentions a significant amount of oil loss prior to the fire. If a oil fire wonder what failed in the ICM part of the car?
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Originally Posted by ZO6ZO7isme
Remember that cargo ship that sunk w Bentleys and Porsches…. Fire started by an EV on board that could not be put out. TOTAL LOSS…..
You couldn’t give me an EV, I value my home and possessions waaaay more than trying to be cool, and wit it in todays upside down world. 😤
I remember reading 2 years ago @ the fire that destroyed the Hilton Head Island home of the golfer Davis Love III. That fire started in the garage? Is it a coincidence that he was one of the first in the country to take delivery of one of those brand new high-end EV sedans the day before? . . . ???

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/dav...much-right-now
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Originally Posted by Kodiak Bear
The publication is not treating it as a joke.

If it is, a joke someone is in a whole lot of trouble.
Maybe not a joke, but an uninformed publication. If that wheel came off the burned car, it's a Stingray, not an E-Ray.
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Originally Posted by TRANS DAMM
your assuming there isint an Eray riding around in a narrow body for testing. I think that is exactly what this is.
Sure. EVERY E-Ray mule we've seen is a wide body, (When was the last time we've seen an image of a camo'd narrow body?) But the one and only narrow body E-Ray is the one that caught fire. Highly likely. /s
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Originally Posted by Tom Austin
I remember reading 2 years ago @ the fire that destroyed the Hilton Head Island home of the golfer Davis Love III. That fire started in the garage? Is it a coincidence that he was one of the first in the country to take delivery of one of those brand new high-end EV sedans the day before? . . . ???
Yep. And gasoline cars never catch fire. Oh, wait....




Electric Vehicles Catch Fire Considerably Less Than Gas CarsAs reported by KBB, AutoInsuranceEZ conducted a study on car fires. The AutoInsuranceEZ researchers “examined data from the National Transportation Safety Board and compared it to sales data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.” Based on the study, electric vehicles catch fire much less frequently than gas-powered cars. However, hybrid vehicles have the most frequent number of fires.

Here are the detailed results of the car fire study:
  • Electric vehicles: 25 fires per 100,000 sold
  • Gas-powered cars: 1,530 fires per 100,000 sold
  • Hybrid cars: 3,475 fires per 100,000 sold
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/electri...less-gas-cars/
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Originally Posted by DSOMrulz
Yep. And gasoline cars never catch fire. Oh, wait....


https://www.motorbiscuit.com/electri...less-gas-cars/
Seems like it is the hybrid cars are the worst of both worlds. Big spark maker combined with a tank of volatile fuel. What could go wrong?
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1 in less than 33 hybrids catches fire? I can't believe that and if true I feel the government or some agency would step in.

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Enjoy reading (or not): https://www.motor1.com/news/601190/c...urns-down/amp/

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Originally Posted by Tom Austin
I remember reading 2 years ago @ the fire that destroyed the Hilton Head Island home of the golfer Davis Love III. That fire started in the garage? Is it a coincidence that he was one of the first in the country to take delivery of one of those brand new high-end EV sedans the day before? . . . ???

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/dav...much-right-now
I read the article. Did not say Anything about the cause of the fire OR that he even owned and EV? Also, not sure what you are talking about on one of those "brand new high - end EV sedans"? 2 years ago I am pretty much sure the only EV's fitting high end sedan category would be the Tesla S or the Porsche Taycan - only the Porsched would qualify as "brand new". Haven't heard of any unusual problems with either of them.
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That does not bode well...ouch


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