List of cars banned from Devon council car parks includes Audi, BMW and Kia and Lotus Eletre?

[exeterjeep]

https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/list-cars-banned-devon-council-9303352?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1FdC1_fYBRtQRFSYvZf2ZB1S7InA2IFPhPLvkpAIcLKJj_JQ75e-XY4kM_aem_AYRar8GhrI9T3cVSSBST3CGYPOZWs6Ysc49ef7ffRkOlzhwzIG0s9CEqKkpMJM714dt2Lvwh_a2Dc9IhlAZ6SoGn

At least five local councils have banned cars which are longer than five metres from parking in their car parks - and when the ban is in place, drivers could be issued with fines

West Devon Council is one of five across the UK which has introduced a ban on cars which break their new regulation.

Vehicles exceeding five metres in length are no longer allowed to park in these car parks, which have a maximum parking bay length of 4.8 metres.

Among the best-selling vehicles likely to be affected by this rule are the Mercedes S-Class, Tesla Model S, BMW 7 Series, Range Rovers, the Audi A8 and the Kia EV9, as well as the Rolls Royce Cullinan. However, there are other vehicles, including high-end sports cars, that would also be barred.

 

[Barrykearley]

There have been surveys in some of the multi-storey car parks in worcester. It would seem the extra weight of EV cars is a real issue and it’s only a matter of time before they bring in bans

[C8RKH]

And yet we've been allowing 2.5 ton Range Rovers, ICE, to park forever.

On the one hand, councils are spending oodles of cash on new charging facilities, on the other, arguably, they're banning the cars that need them the most.

Yup, that'll be right. Typical LA logic.

[NG5]

I've been in quite a few multi-story car parks recently where the number of spaces per floor has been reduced by significantly widening the bays. I have assumed this is to prevent the new heavier vehicles overloading the floor slabs. Heavy vehicles have been around a long time but they have been a tiny proportion of the total, they are rapidly heading to be the majority.

[LotusLeftLotusRight]

Same goes for the occupants.

[exeterjeep]

Certainly seem to be an ever increasing number of overweight/fat people when we go shopping...............oops can't say that sort of thing anymore...........

[NG5]

Decided to do a bit of googling and found this. 

for over 80 years multi storey car parks (MSCP) have been designed for vehicles with a maximum gross weight of 2,500kg, which equates to a uniformly distributed load of 2.5kN/m2. They add that the maximum gross weight has now increased to over 3,000kg, necessitating the design loading to be increased to 3.0kN/m2 in the IStructE's recently published Car Park Design guidance.

The average gross weight of vehicles has also increased from 1,500kg to 2,000kg requiring the impact force on rigid vehicle restraint barriers to be increased from 150kN to 200kN.

[Escape]

9 hours ago, NG5 said:

I've been in quite a few multi-story car parks recently where the number of spaces per floor has been reduced by significantly widening the bays. I have assumed this is to prevent the new heavier vehicles overloading the floor slabs. Heavy vehicles have been around a long time but they have been a tiny proportion of the total, they are rapidly heading to be the majority.

I think that has more to do with cars becoming wider, rather than heavier. With all the insulation and stuff, doors have become so thick compared to old cars, that the car width had to increase to allow for enough internal room, especially taking into account the occupants are also getting wider. And then there are SUVs and cross overs, usually wider than a sedan.
So it would be logical to increase the width of the bays just to avoid doors being slammed into the next car. Or to allow fat occupants to get in and out without lubricant.