There have been battery fires in wrecked Tesla’s this is a real danger. Don’t plow you car into anything! More disturbing is the article not calling out the firemen for incorrect techniques to douse a battery fire. Never use devices designed to smother the fire. The only way to put out a lithium battery fire is to remove the heat with water. It is not called thermal run away for no reason.
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 14, 2019, at 8:44 AM, robert winfield via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > If you click the link and read the article, it perpetutes the --->myth<--- of > "many Tesla battery fires, and is followed by multiple ads for gasoline > fueled motorcycles > spreading fear and uncertainty and doubt. I expect better from the -->EVDL > On Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 11:59:04 PM EST, brucedp5 via EV > <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > https://gaadiwaadi.com/shocking-electric-two-wheeler-burns-like-a-bomb-captured-in-video/ > Electric Two-Wheeler Bursts Into Flames Suddenly, Captured In Shocking Video > Feb 1, 2019 Vibin P Vijay > > [image > https://gaadiwaadi.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/electric-bike-cathes-fire.jpg > > > video dated > https://youtu.be/Bqwh4yUyJuE > Electric car catches fire, burns passenger > CGTN Published on Jun 14, 2018 > Surveillance footage shows an electric scooter carrying two men suddenly > burst into flames while traveling at high speed. The accident took place in > Jiangxi Province's Ganzhou City in east China on June 4. > ] > > Electric vehicles use highly inflammable Lithium-ion batteries, which can > catch fire and go into flames within seconds > > With the world moving towards electric mobility, we will soon see roads > filled with electric vehicles. While the future of electric mobility is > still a few years away in India, the Chinese market is filled with electric > vehicles and the consumers have accepted the vehicles quite well. There are > many kinds of electric vehicle on sale in the Chinese market including the > locally-made ones. > > (Above) is a video of a locally assembled electric two-wheeler in China that > catches fire within seconds and was reduced to ashes. Electric vehicles use > complicated charging modules and have big batteries that power the electric > motor. Most of the modern-day electric vehicles get the highly efficient > lithium-ion batteries, which are known for their excellent capacity and > charge hold time. > > However, the lithium-ion batteries can be extremely dangerous. As seen in > the video, the scooter catches fire in the middle of the road and within > seconds the whole vehicle is engulfed in the fire. Lithium-ion batteries can > get affected in many various ways. It can be because of a short-circuit or a > punctured battery pack. > > The fire can spread uncontrollably. To ensure that the batteries remain safe > and avoid any such incident, manufacturers often install safety device that > can cut off the power supply to the battery during a short circuit. Many > manufacturers also place them in secured enclosures to avoid any punctures, > especially during high-speed accidents. > > It is not only about low-cost electric vehicles being vulnerable to such > accidents. Many Tesla vehicles have also caught fire after accidents due to > the lithium-ion batteries. While the electric future looks unavoidable now, > manufacturers should be working towards the vehicles safer. Electric > vehicles can explode during accidents and that reduces any chance of > survival. > > The shocking incident in China also shows police officers carrying fire > extinguishers and dousing the out-of-control fire. Even with the > extinguisher, it takes some time to bring the fire under control. There is > no doubt that electric vehicles are the future but will be safer than the > regular vehicles in the market? That’s a big question that remains > unanswered for the time being. > [© gaadiwaadi.com] > > > http://ktar.com/story/2424957/man-charged-with-dui-on-electric-scooter-in-tempe/ > Man charged with DUI on electric scooter in Tempe > February 5, 2019 It is believed to be the first electric scooter-related > DUI charge in the Valley. ... Rural Road when he was involved in a crash > with a parked car in another lane ... > ... > https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/tempe-police-arrest-man-on-dui-charges-while-riding-scooter > Tempe police arrest man on DUI charges after crash while riding scooter > Feb 05, 2019 Tempe, FL police arrest man on DUI charges after crash while > riding scooter ... on DUI charges after he was involved in a crash while on > an electric scooter. ... of his lane before the wreck and collided with the > car when he entered the other lane ... > http://mediaassets.theindychannel.com/photo/2018/06/25/Scooters_Indy_1529931145086_90745088_ver1.0.jpg > > > https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-ne-scooter-lawsuit-20190211-story.html > Electric scooter accident puts Florida woman in coma > Feb 11, 2019 Electric scooters will keep on rolling in Fort Lauderdale ... > Jordan was struck by a passenger car at the intersection of Sou... > > > https://www.wsoctv.com/news/thursday-car-company-may-expand-recall-after-reports-of-seat-warmers-catching-on-fire/914712142 > Drivers blame seat heaters for fires, call on car company to issue new > recall > Feb 4, 2019 CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Drivers told Channel 9 their vehicles caught > fire, and they blame the electric seat warmers ... > https://mediaweb.wsoctv.com/photo/2019/02/04/022218-wsoc-seat-fire-pics_1519319510820_10891366_ver1.0_1549326416119_14392604_ver1.0_640_360.jpg > > > > > 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) > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190214/b12e70d0/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > 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) > _______________________________________________ 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)
