Electrical autos may be too heavy for some parking garages that had been constructed with smaller, lighter vehicles in thoughts, a report from the British Parking Affiliation warns.

Many multistory garages throughout the UK had been constructed within the Nineteen Sixties and ’70s and could possibly be too weak to bear the added weight that EVs have, in response to the report. Battery packs weighing hundreds of kilos could make EVs considerably heavier than gasoline-powered autos, particularly the small vehicles which have lengthy been commonplace within the U.Ok.

A Tesla Mannequin S weighs practically 5,000 kilos, whereas a GMC Hummer EV pickup tops 9,000 kilos. For comparability, a 1970 Ford Escort weighs lower than 2,000 kilos.

“I do not wish to be too alarmist, however there positively is the potential for a number of the early automobile parks in poor situation to break down,” structural engineer Chris Whapples instructed The Telegraph. “Operators want to concentrate on electrical automobile weights, and get their automobile parks assessed from a power viewpoint, and determine if they should restrict weight.”

Weight is not the one concern EVs have raised for parking storage operators. After Basic Motors recalled the Chevrolet Bolt for a defect that induced a small variety of battery fires, some garages put up indicators prohibiting Bolts.