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1 posted on 02/09/2023 7:55:57 PM PST by BenLurkin
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If any ICE vehicles spontaneously combusted with such frequency several Fed. agencies would be forcing recalls and halting further sales.
But for “The EV Revolution” it is excuses and slow walking.


2 posted on 02/09/2023 8:00:37 PM PST by Ex gun maker. (Free thinking is now a radical concept, I will not be assimilated by PC or EV groupthink!)
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pumper trucks full of sand... bury the car/fire


3 posted on 02/09/2023 8:05:27 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Building fires are sooooooo great for the environment... Liberals must be so proud. /s


5 posted on 02/09/2023 8:11:33 PM PST by GOPJ ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muw22wTePqQ Gumballs: Immigrants by the numbers.)
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I just watched a youtube that said that Tesla was moving to a nickel based battery with a higher density and longer range than lithium. And at half the price. The nickel battery also is cobalt free.

Don't know if real. But video seemed professionally done. It was posted by Tesla Car World. But there are so many people sticking Elon or Tesla in their titles to draw in viewers, it's hard to know what's real and what's fake.

Elon Musk Reveals New Tesla Battery Design that Could Last 100 Years, Change the Entire Industry!"

I'm also seeing some interesting headlines about sodium or sea salt based batteries.

6 posted on 02/09/2023 8:11:45 PM PST by DannyTN
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Firefighters and city officials are also imploring the manufacturers to redesign the batteries so that, when they fail, the resulting fires can be put down more easily.


7 posted on 02/09/2023 8:23:36 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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just watched a show today exploring a parking garage camera footage of a car with noone in it smoke for a bit then burst into flames - turns out to be that the car was electric-

won’t that be grand- ripping down a highway full of cars, and an electric car bursts into flames right in front of you and everyone-


9 posted on 02/09/2023 8:31:35 PM PST by Bob434
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There’s a reason you can’t mail lithium batteries through the USPS.


10 posted on 02/09/2023 8:37:46 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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an ABC Australia regional piece; rarely does MSM report these fires, in order to protect the “climate scam”:

2 Feb: ABC Australia: Australia “not prepared” for fire risk of lithium-ion batteries used in e-scooters, bikes, cars, say firefighters
ABC Gold Coast/by Dominic Cansdale and Cathy Border
Electrochemistry professor Paul Christensen, from Newcastle University in the United Kingdom, started researching lithium-ion batteries in the 1980s and has consulted UK and Australian fire services.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m a big, big fan of lithium-ion batteries,” he said.
“But I believe they’ve penetrated far faster at all levels of our society than our understanding of the risks.”...

The United Firefighters Union of Queensland’s general secretary, John Oliver, said there had been 27 house fires linked to electric vehicles (IN THE STATE OF QUEENSLAND ALONE) so far this financial year.
“We’re not prepared for this because we’re going to get more,” he said.
“This isn’t a normal fire … firies are worried about it.”...

Professor Christensen said a government-led education campaign was needed...
“Do not charge your electric-bike or e-scooter indoors under any circumstances whatsoever,” he said.
“Do not charge them when you’re out, do not charge them when you’re asleep … do not charge them where, in any way, they impede your escape.”...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-02/lithium-ion-batteries-pose-new-fire-risk-says-firefighters-union/101888598

18 Jan: ABC Australia: Concerns over growing number of fires linked to lithium-ion batteries in e-scooters and e-bikes
By Rhiannon Shine
Hundreds of fires across Australia have been linked to lithium-ion batteries, which are used to power light electric vehicles like e-scooters and e-bikes...
Fire and Rescue New South Wales said it responded to about 180 lithium-ion battery-related fires in the past 12 months, Victoria had 120 in the year to July, and Queensland had recorded 72 since 2021.
The latter figure included an e-scooter that caught fire at a Brisbane house last week and five people were hospitalised...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/e-scooter-lithium-battery-fire-risk-fears-/101863902

in the State of Victoria, firefighters refuse to deal with lithium battery fires in underground car parks. say they can’t get their equipment down there in order to submerge the vehicles in water, or whatever.

if it weren’t for the “climate scam”, lithium batteries would have been recalled and banned by now.


11 posted on 02/09/2023 8:39:09 PM PST by MAGAthon
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Come on down to E-Bike World, home of the hot deals!


16 posted on 02/09/2023 9:38:15 PM PST by Bobalu (Unrepentant communists, NAZI’s and totalitarians of all stripe are bowing toward Davos)
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I used to leave my devices to charge overnight...but now I only charge them during the day...while I’m home...and while I’m awake. I’m a huge fan of airplane crash documentaries and there have been at least a coupe that are known to have been caused by lithium batteries catching fire.


23 posted on 02/10/2023 4:50:47 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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Because the batteries keep generating heat until full internal failure - you can extinguish the fire multiple times before it stops regenerating.

Remember the Ford Pinto recalls for safety - that ain’t happening anymore.


25 posted on 02/10/2023 5:44:31 AM PST by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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I just read this article to my husband. He is picking up his new EV bike this morning.

I have an EV trike that I **love**love**love!

When I finished reading he said, “Don’t read me articles about things I can’t fix!” :)


26 posted on 02/10/2023 6:07:56 AM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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Don’t be “confounded”. Just do an Internet search ... There’s likely more than one YouTube video on how to extinguish a lithium battery fire. (Meant as a joke ... because there’s an element of truth here.)


27 posted on 02/10/2023 6:11:10 AM PST by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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