Posted on 05/02/2022 6:01:07 AM PDT by Renkluaf
An Electric Bus Caught Fire After Battery Explosion in Paris
https://youtu.be/5r-yN8SugWM
A video recording shows the start of the fire which completely consumed an electric RATP bus on Friday 29 April. The incident caused no injuries. The bus burst into flames within seconds. This is what can be seen on the video that captured the very beginning of the fire of an electric vehicle of the RATP in Paris , this Friday, April 29. In the images, we can see a small explosion occur on the roof of the bus, where the batteries are located, followed by huge flames that spread to the entire body, at breakneck speed. This line 71 bus caught fire in the 13th arrondissement of Paris in the morning, mobilizing around thirty workers, according to the firefighters contacted by Le Parisien. It is a 100% electric vehicle, from the Bolloré brand Bluebus 5SE series, like the bus that burned down at the beginning of April .
This afternoon, the RATP decided to temporarily withdraw from circulation the 149 Bolloré electric bluebuses that circulate on its network.
Happens a lot..................
Those bus vehicles are pretty expensive - it’s a real shame what happened to it ....
is the point here to make a battery seem more dangerous than a tank full of gas?
Good thing it wasn’t a hybrid battery/propane model.
This one incident probably caused more pollution than all of the cars in France on that day.
In our area....school buses wouldn’t start...too cold...kids LTAO.
And parking them so close together was also a brilliant move 👌
EV = ticking time bombs on our streets
Surprised they didn’t blame it on one of Putin’s missiles missing its target.
Highly spectacular every time it happens. Back in the 1940’s, just when trolley lines on street rails were going out of operation, the trolleys were replaced with electrically-powered buses that used the existing overhead trolley power lines as their power source. They were quickly replaced with Diesel-powered buses in the 1950’s, as the maintenance of the overhead lines, and the cumbersome means of retaining contact with the power lines proved to be a continuing problem.
On-board generation of the necessary electrical power is the only practical resolution for safe, reliable power to be delivered for the operation of electromotive vehicles. Batteries are, and always have been, a dead-end, useful only for certain niche and specialized applications. Diesel-electric locomotives have been the main passenger and freight haulers since the early years after the end of the Second World War, and are demonstrated to be one of the most efficient ways to power railroads over long distances.
In other news....
Over 475,000 Tesla (TSLA) cars have been recalled due to technical defects that may increase the risk of accidents. Two separate recalls are in place, one regarding the rear-view camera in the Tesla Model 3 and the other involves the frunk, or front trunk, latches in the Model S.
Well I am going to guess it involved a type of battery breach? If the batteries are Lithium ion, then you are using an unstable alkali metal (lithium) which reacts with water to form Lithium Hydroxide and Hydrogen gas, the heat from
the formation of the LiOH can actually ignite the Hydrogen if Oxygen is present, and Lithium reacts with Oxygen in the air as well.
Anyway, as hobbyist who enjoys blowing up these batteries, here are a few observations:
1. The cells appear to be in the roof of the bus, not very good if you want people to get out fast. Thankfully they did get out in this case.
2. The cells are designed to ignite and behave like sparklers with their burning insides shooting out in one direction, which is why it looks like a fireworks show, in addition to the flame. The cells that heat up too quickly simply explode, hence the ‘gun shot’ sounds.
3. The city government had no choice but to pull them out of service, due to videos like this. If they were left in service, no one would use the buses.
That photo proves that EVs help reduce carbon emissions.
The point is not to compare anything. Knowledge is king, battery powered vehicles are very expensive and dangerious.
Don’r ever park your EV in a garage when charging, and don’t park in the garage overnight, unless you want the house burnt down. Not a matter of “if”; just a matter of “when”.
Where’s Keanu?
I can understand enjoying blowing up stuff, but still, what kind of hobby is that?
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