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2018-07-05 Thread Jim Birch
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Re: [LINK] Electric car disposal

2018-07-03 Thread Karl Auer
On Wed, 2018-07-04 at 08:32 +1000, Tom Worthington wrote: > Cars in Australia using Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and CompressedĀ  > Natural Gas (CNG) are required to have a warning label on theĀ  > numberplate. Perhaps electric cars should have something similar, > along with a QR code for the

Re: [LINK] Electric car disposal

2018-07-03 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On 04/07/18 08:32, Tom Worthington wrote: Cars in Australia using Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) are required to have a warning label on the numberplate. Perhaps electric cars should have something similar, along with a QR code for the first responder

Re: [LINK] Electric car disposal

2018-07-03 Thread Tom Worthington
On 03/07/18 08:38, Kim Holburn wrote: There are standard ways of fighting fires with various fuels. ... See "Here's What Firefighters Do To Extinguish A Battery Fire On A Tesla Model S": https://jalopnik.com/watch-volunteer-firefighters-in-austria-extinguish-a-fi-1819665352 Tesla prove

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2018-07-02 Thread Kim Holburn
There are standard ways of fighting fires with various fuels. Petrol, diesel and gas have been around for a long time and we know their characteristics. Lithium batteries not so long. Battery tech is also changing pretty fast and may not even be flammable in the near future. Kim > On

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2018-07-02 Thread JLWhitaker
On 3/07/2018 7:37 AM, Kim Holburn wrote: Petrol, diesel and gas are actually far more flammable and have a lot more fires. We just don't hear about them because they are not that rare. Do they start again and again after they're supposedly out? Maybe they do. I don't know. Jan --

Re: [LINK] Electric car disposal

2018-07-02 Thread Kim Holburn
Petrol, diesel and gas are actually far more flammable and have a lot more fires. We just don't hear about them because they are not that rare. On the other hand, Why shouldn't all manufacturers be responsible for the end of cycle of their goods? Disposal, recycling should be a part of the

[LINK] Electric car disposal

2018-07-02 Thread Stephen Loosley
Maybe we aught legislate electric car companies include safe product end-of-life warranty arrangements Battery in fatal Florida Tesla crash reignited twice: NTSB report By David Shepardson June 27, 2018