Posted on 02/05/2023 10:40:32 AM PST by artichokegrower
Recently, Hurricane Ian caused significant damage and flooding throughout Florida and the southeastern United States. During the response and reconstitution after the hurricane, first responders encountered numerous vehicle fires involving electric vehicles (EVs) that are powered by lithium-ion batteries. Subsequent investigations have revealed that the vehicle fires resulted from exposure of the lithium-ion batteries to salt water. Many vehicles had been susceptible to flooding.
Saltwater exposure can significantly degrade lithium-ion batteries, causing a chemical reaction that creates an extreme fire risk. Review of vehicle registration records revealed there are over 7,000 EVs in Lee County, Fla., with potential for damage.
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Wait till California bans all diesel trucks and one of these EV semis catches fire on a bridge or in a tunnel
Norwegian Ferry Company Bans Electrified Vehicles From Being Transported on Its Ships
Or at a huge distribution center dock with 100 EV Trucks to the left and another 100 EV Trucks to the right.
Or at the staging area waiting to get into the shipyards with EV Trucks all around in the staging area.
I’m surprised that this bulletin was put out by the Coast Guard. Haven’t they been informed that we are in an era of EV and Woke Uber Alles? Their warning might have a negative effect on the government’s push to make everything electric.
EV == KABOOM?
Washington State Ferries are moving towards 100% electrical boats. How much salt is in the ocean water? Right now, they run with diesel/electric. It is too filthy to the atmosphere though.
I drove through sleet and freezing rain on the way to my brother’s house in Joplin. I arrived with a layer of salt on my car, which I’ll get washed off tomorrow.
I hope all those EVs and hybrids I saw on the road have well-sealed batteries.
Surely you aren’t claiming that rain and sleet contain salt.
If Missouri is anything like New York, they treat the roads with it constantly in the winter and often mix it with sand to make it more stable on the roads (and more corrosive to metal).
They use de-icers occasionally here but never when the daytime temperatures are in the 40s and 50s (since Thursday in Joplin). Any kind of melting precipitation washes it away.
Just like the Vax, the more you find out the worse they look.
I once witnessed an amusing EV situation in 120 degree La Quinta, near Palm Springs. In most of La Quinta, everything is 5-10 miles away, and many of the roads are 50mph. We witnessed a Tesla driving about 80mph with all the windows down. I wondered if their charge was low, and they were hurrying to get home. No air-conditioning in the summer in La Quinta. Yikes!
That would be nice it would automatically de-ice my steps
My daughters employer has an older bmw ev. He has to transport it 150 miles and is planning on two charging stops.
Insanely stupid
Drove in on US 60 on Monday. Icy, hilly road from about 50 mi west of Sykeston to where 60 hit I-44 west of Springfield. MODOT did a fair job of clearing, salting and sanding the road and bridges, but it still took a long time. Joplin got some ice, but not like south of us.
Haven’t had time to get to the car wash.
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