Hi all, I'm tired of seeing all these reports about Tesla accidents. Yes, it's sad to hear about people being hurt, but it really is nothing more than a car accident story and I really see no reason to have them part of our 'newsfeed'.
Rush Dougherty Tucson AZ 85719 > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of brucedp5 via EV > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2019 7:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: brucedp5 > Subject: [EVDL] (more) EVcrash: Speeding-teen split Tesla-X in-half &on-fire > Rindge-NH > > > > % NH media slow to provide details on weeks old item % > > [ref > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVcrash-Speeding- > teen-split-Tesla-X-in-half-on-fire-Rindge-NH-tp4692387.html > EVcrash: Speeding-teen split Tesla-X in-half &on-fire Rindge-NH Neighbors > helped save lives after fiery Tesla X crash in Rindge Dec 31, 2018 ] > > https://www.concordmonitor.com/tesla-crash-new-ipswich-fatal-22971318 > New Ipswich teen's death is state's first fatality involving an electric car > January > 24, 2019 DAVID BROOKS > > [images > https://www.concordmonitor.com/getattachment/0140e826-b217-4987-904d- > 566992b1087f/teslaCrash-cm-012319-ph01 > 19-year-old New Ipswich girl was killed following a fiery crash on Perry Road > in > Rindge last month involving a Tesla Model X electric car / Courtesy > > https://www.concordmonitor.com/getattachment/c18dd992-229d-4573-adf2- > 1f8c81f2b445/teslaCrash-cm-012319-ph02 > Three local teens were seriously injured in a fiery crash on Perry Road in > Rindge > Wednesday night > > https://www.concordmonitor.com/getattachment/6cf10f1a-978b-4fed-b94f- > c7703a14f534/teslaCrash-cm-012319-ph03 > A 2017 Tesla Model X was split in two and caught on fire after a crash on > Perry > Road in Rindge Wednesday night / Michelle Barnhart > > https://www.concordmonitor.com/getattachment/d416f86a-4fc8-4bad-b274- > 76e7045aed70/teslaCrash-cm-012319-ph04 > A 2017 Tesla Model X was split in two and caught on fire after a crash on > Perry > Road in Rindge Wednesday night > > https://www.concordmonitor.com/getattachment/bb2a8292-9d4e-4030-9cbd- > 0958b0f18107/teslaCrash-cm-012319-ph05 > ] > > The death of a woman who was burned when the Tesla Model X in which she > was riding hit a tree is the first fatal accident involving an electric car > in > New > Hampshire, raising the issue of emergency services' preparation for dealing > with > this new technology. > > "I believe there's going to be a lot of work with this, with us, with the > state, > with > Tesla, looking at what do we need to know," said Rickard Donovan, fire chief > in > the town of Rindge, scene of the December one-car crash. "There have been a > lot of inquiries I have been getting about this." > > The accident happened Dec. 26, when a 2017 Tesla Model X, the SUV version of > the electric company's car, crashed on Perry Road in Rindge at about 8 p.m. > The vehicle broke into two pieces and burst into flames, igniting some brush > and trees. > > Nina Colasanto of New Ipswich, who had turned 19 that day, was pulled from > the wreckage by friends and passersby. She died Saturday after a series of > surgeries treating extensive burns. > > Colasanto is the first person in New Hampshire to die as the result of an > accident involved an all-electric vehicle, according to Michael Todd, > spokesman > for the New Hampshire State Police. > > The driver of the Tesla, 17-year-old Travis Olson of Rindge, and a second > passenger were injured, but not seriously. The accident is still under > investigation by the New Hampshire State Police, according to Rindge police. > Lithium-ion batteries > > Electric cars are powered by hundreds of individual lithium-ion batteries > connected together. Lithium-ion batteries in laptop computers, cell phones and > other devices have been known to burst into flame, especially if they get > damaged. > > A story after the accident in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript quoted a person > living near the accident who described how the flames reacted after the > accident. > > "So that was a lithium-ion battery that was on fire, which was pretty scary," > Michelle Barnhart was quoted as saying. "Every time it hit another cell in the > battery it exploded again." > > However, it's not clear whether electric cars like the Tesla are more or less > to > fires or explosions after accidents, compared to traditional cars carrying > flammable gasoline or diesel fuel. > > A 2017 study done for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, > NHTSA, said that electric cars haven't been around long enough for conclusions > to be reached about comparative safety, but concluded: "The propensity and > severity of fires and explosions from ... lithium ion battery systems are > anticipated to be somewhat comparable to or perhaps slightly less than those > for gasoline or diesel vehicular fuels." > > The Tesla Model X received top safety ratings from NHTSA in 2017, and was the > first SUV to do so, according to news reports. > > About 174,000 vehicle fires were reported in the United States in 2015, the > most > recent year for which statistics are available. Virtually all of those fires > involved > gasoline-powered cars. > Copious amounts of water > > Chief Donovan said it took at least a half hour for firefighters to put out > the > flames at the Dec. 26 fire. He wasn't sure whether the fire was harder or > easier > to put out than a similar accident would be that involved a gasoline-powered > car. > > "It took lots of water, copious amounts of water. They tried (fire-fighting) > foam, > but it really wasn't reacting to it," Donovan said. "It seemed like you > needed a > ton of water - we didn't know, was it reacting to metals?" > > However, he added, "I've noticed over the past few years ... it's taking a > little > more to put out car fires" for all vehicles, perhaps because of more > fire-reactive > metals and materials being used in vehicles. > > This uncertainty is a major problem for first responders, Donovan said. > > The state's Fire Safety Academy has held classes in dealing with fires > involving > alternative fuel cars, not just battery-powered cars but also those fueled by > other liquids such as compressed natural gas. They teach important facts for > first responders, Donovan, such as "where are the shutoffs? where are the main > lines you can't cut into?" > > Donovan said he'd like to see training specific to electric cars, which are > likely to > become much more common on New Hampshire roadways. But training, he > added, can only do so much. > > "It's like with a structure fire. We teach in the classroom, but until you > get a > live > fire, it's hard to really know. It's hard to duplicate in a training > environment - > the smoke, the heat," he said. "It's the same thing with a car fire." > > A major difference between battery fires and gasoline fires is speed: > Gasoline ignites almost immediately when it comes in contact with a spark or > flame, and the fire spreads rapidly. Battery fires typically take more time > to > built > the heat necessary to start the fire. Another difference is that battery > fires > can > linger and reignite more easily than most liquid-fuel fires. Tesla, for > example, > has warned first responders that it can take 24 hours for a battery fire to be > fully extinguished. > [© concordmonitor.com] > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://evdl.org/archive/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com
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