I saw this elsewhere - https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/ ... ded-Energy
In short, it starts with a description of a RTA in the US involving a Tesla Model X, and the complications that resulted (e.g. battery fire reigniting a week later), then goes on to discuss some of the challenges that EVs raise for first responders. It's an interesting read from a number of perspectives - not least of which is that one of us may find ourselves in the vicinity of an accident involving an EV.
EV batteries - where does the stored energy go after a crash...?
Re: EV batteries - where does the stored energy go after a crash...?
If you think about the vehicles we happily drive around in, they're actually quite scary.
For example, if you have a modern car with an LPG conversion, then you're toting around a highly-compressed tin of gas which, if over-heated, could blast into low orbit, landing 100m or more away. Better still, a typical new car has a couple of dozen pyrotechnic devices.
Or it could, instead of the gas can, be several gallons of only slight flammable liquid. Of course, don't let it evaporate and become an explosive gas
For example, if you have a modern car with an LPG conversion, then you're toting around a highly-compressed tin of gas which, if over-heated, could blast into low orbit, landing 100m or more away. Better still, a typical new car has a couple of dozen pyrotechnic devices.
Or it could, instead of the gas can, be several gallons of only slight flammable liquid. Of course, don't let it evaporate and become an explosive gas
Your 'standard' is how you drive alone, not how you drive during a test.
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Re: EV batteries - where does the stored energy go after a crash...?
And some of us sit straddling the whole lot!
I'm more concerned about the electrical shock than the pyrotechnics of EVs but I hadn't realised the issues involved with dealing with fully charged batteries before this article.
I'm more concerned about the electrical shock than the pyrotechnics of EVs but I hadn't realised the issues involved with dealing with fully charged batteries before this article.
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Re: EV batteries - where does the stored energy go after a crash...?
Yes, think how many hours (via specific charging systems) it takes to charge an EV. Discharging isn't going to be a quick and simple process.
PS There's also the little firebombs that we happily carry with us, AKA mobile phones
PS There's also the little firebombs that we happily carry with us, AKA mobile phones
Your 'standard' is how you drive alone, not how you drive during a test.
Re: EV batteries - where does the stored energy go after a crash...?
Batteries? Passing fad. Hydrogen is the answer. What could possibly go wrong with that?
Re: EV batteries - where does the stored energy go after a crash...?
crr003 wrote:Batteries? Passing fad. Hydrogen is the answer. What could possibly go wrong with that?
Very little at all and I blame it on the remaining diesel fuel.
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