My fire chief buddy is here Sunday. First time I’ve seen him since a Christmas party, and we didn’t get to chat much then. I’ll definitely be getting some real world scoop on how a big, serious FD is handling EV fires, and how it is affecting their operations.
In before the “Peddle Bikes Catch Fire Too” crowd.
Or should I say Mini Bikes.
Wow - those things are all over my town …
CHINEE BATTERY
CHINEE BATTERY
There needs to be a standard and enforcement of it,
I only use high-quality batteries such as Panasonic when I buy them for myself, and only ones with built-in protection.
“Protected Lithium-Ion (Li-ion) batteries have a small electronic circuit integrated into the cell packaging. This circuit protects the battery against common dangers, such as overcharge, over-discharge, short circuit/over current, and temperature. Protected 18650 batteries are safer to use in your devices.”
This battery issue has been going on for years, I hope this is not yet another unfixable situation that modern man can’t find a solution for.
The real issue seems to be bootleg cheapos or just plain in-the-open cheapos.
I understand that lithium ion battery fires are difficult to suppress, and further, that they occur more often than we’d like in e-bikes. My question is, “How come we don’t hear about them every day on laptop computers?”
I leave mine plugged in and charging 24/7, and I suspect most people, millions of them, do likewise.
Several NY buildings have already banned e-bikes and scooters. Some European ferries have banned EV autos from their ferry services.
I can just hear the democRATS commenting on the deaths: “a few people might be sacrificed for the greater good, for the grand future to come.”
And...last year Barack Hussein had 3 LARGE NG tanks installed in one of his compounds. While railing against NG for everyone else, he is making sure he gets his.
Didn’t the Titan have battery power. If the interior got O2 saturated and the battery sparked....