Deteriorating parking lots could collapse under the weight of heavy EVs - Autoblog

Deteriorating parking lots could collapse under the weight of heavy EVs

Due to the aging infrastructure of many parking garages in the country, engineers said that the amount of weight the buildings can hold should be raised and that maintenance of parking lots should be improved, according to a"I don't want to be too alarmist, but there definitely is the potential for some of the early car parks in poor condition to collapse," Chris Whapples, a structural engineer and car park consultant, told The Telegraph.

Steve Holmes, senior technical manager at building supply firm Sika, also told the news outlet that many parking lots in the UK had structural flaws"baked in" due to a

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