[rottndog]

I wonder when insurance companies are going to start refusing to insure the transport of EV’s.

The only way I can see to safely transport EVs in bulk like this is in some kind of hermetically sealed container vessel, where the oxygen levels can be reduced enough to inhibit combustion.

Back in my submarine days, we could tell oxygen was getting low in the atmosphere when a lit cigarette would not stay lit long. It doesn't have to be reduced completely, just a couple of percentage points to get this effect.

[Celtic Conservative]

Unfortunately the lithium batteries as currently formulated release oxygen as they burn, thus fueling the fire. That and the thermal runaway are why they are so hard to extinguish.

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[BobL]

“The only way I can see to safely transport EVs in bulk like this is in some kind of hermetically sealed container vessel, where the oxygen levels can be reduced enough to inhibit combustion.”

That’s the problem with EVs (Lithium Ion batteries), the Oxygen they need for their batteries to burn is already in the cells. The only hope to keep fires from spreading is to cool down adjacent cells, as the fires cannot be smothered.