https://qz.com/1542499/oil-companies-and-utilities-are-buying-up-all-the-electric-car-charging-startups/
Oil companies and utilities are buying up all the electric car charging
startups
February 5, 2019 Michael J. Coren
For decades, oil and gas companies and utilities dismissed electric cars.
Mitsubishi says to submerge the battery in salt water.
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>> On 2/16/19 12:14 PM, Gail Lucas via EV wrote:
>> Would it expedite the cooling if fire departments had sacks of crushed ice
>> they could throw on the
On 2/16/19 12:37 PM, Chris Tromley via EV wrote:
On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 1:15 PM Gail Lucas via EV wrote:
Would it expedite the cooling if fire departments had sacks of crushed
ice they could throw on the battery as the flames die, to prevent
flaring up?
Probably not. If you assume they
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On 2/16/19 12:14 PM, Gail Lucas via EV wrote:
Would it expedite the cooling if fire departments had sacks of crushed
ice they could throw on the battery as the flames die, to prevent
flaring up?
A seemingly good idea. Perhaps worthy of study by fire fighting people.
Two likely problems
Would it expedite the cooling if fire departments had sacks of crushed
ice they could throw on the battery as the flames die, to prevent
flaring up?
On 2/16/2019 4:15 AM, paul dove wrote:
The main point is that a lithium battery fire is a chemical fire supplying its
own oxygen so it can’t be
paul dove via EV wrote:
The main point is that a lithium battery fire is a chemical fire
supplying its own oxygen so it can’t be smothered. One must remove
the heat and bring the temperature of the the battery below the
thermal run away point. I watched videos of firemen trying to douse a
The main point is that a lithium battery fire is a chemical fire supplying its
own oxygen so it can’t be smothered. One must remove the heat and bring the
temperature of the the battery below the thermal run away point. I watched
videos of firemen trying to douse a lithium battery fire and it
