In other words, "Mostly Harmless."
I think I’ll just stay away from such possibilities. This is a lottery you can’t lose if you don’t play.
I’m not anti EV. It’s a promising technology that even if it doesn’t progress as fast as we’d like can fill a role in the total energy consumption picture.
What I’m against is corrupt morons forcing the public into immature technology that isn’t fit for many of the roles that consumers are looking to fill.
Any Short Circuit in the battery can start a chain reaction.
Find an charged old lithium battery and hammer a nail in it. Instant fire.
What can you do to prevent your EV from burning up?
1. Get to know your EV inside and out. Familiarise yourself with its safety features.
2. Be smart about how you charge your EV. Avoid overcharging your battery.
LOL…in other words, the short answer is NOTHING. Just pray.
We’ve been warned for decades to not top off our gas tanks, but that means the last 0.1% of fuel tank volume. For EVs, it probably means the last 10% of capacity. Since charging is automated, why would the user have to worry about overcharging, anyway? My simplest rechargeable battery powered devices have smart charging and do not overcharge. I sure don’t want to wake up at 3 am to yank the charger out of my EV.
If the Left’s dream comes true and every car is an EV you will not see your hand in-front of your face because of all the toxic smoke
In other words, "Mostly Harmless."
I see sailboat owners switching to cheap, light-weight Chinese lithium batteries…
And it strikes me as a big risk off-shore.
Especially if water can’t put it out.
I did see one s/v that had the battery to hold lithium batteries below water level, where it could be flooded if necessary…
But maybe that doesn’t work?
[[And how should they be fought?]]
Muay Thai
When insurance companies unite to refuse to insure electric vehicles, the market will collapse. It has already begun the death spiral.
How much notice will we get if we look for temp increase?
How about a fire suffocation blanket over the top with a hose introducing CO2. Leave it to cool/melt down for 48 hrs.
“And how should they be fought?
Don’t buy them!
“And how should they be fought?
Don’t buy them!
In the Navy, everyone has to go through firefighting and in the case of air wings, flight deck firefighting. If a magnesium flare is ever accidentally ever lit off on deck, the proper response is to simply wash the flare overboard with a high pressure fire hose. Which is of course impossible with a car.
I have a lithium ion battery that I use to power a CPAP machine in the event of a power outage.
I have been aware of the incendiary characteristics of these batteries long enough to store it inside a fireproof century safe when not in use in the event that it decided to self immolate.
“sodium chloride powder or pressurised argon,”
NO PROBLEM. Now we just need another two tons of salt to smother the fire or two tons of argon bottles to suffocate the fire. It is going to be great when we are all forced in to these. Insurance rates, electricity rates, brownouts.
Quiz: find one sentence in the article that explains what causes EV fires and why they are so intense.
The article says don’t overcharge the batteries. No EV charger is going to overcharge a battery.