EddieS'04
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UH! OH!!!
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Kevin Lang
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Ouch. So much for electric cars being safer.
Mark K 2
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The driver hit a leaf spring in the road. It broke through the 1/4 inch armor in the bottom and pierced the battery. In the meantime, 48,537 other cars have burned up.
Bob McDonald
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I would assume Mark means that over 48 thousand non-electric cars have burned up. The way the sentence is worded, you might think he meant that 48,537 other electric card have burned up. I don't even know if that many electric cars have ever been built.
I read that while we were busy calling electric cars unsafe, 48,357 other (read non-electric) cars have burned up.
I'm betting that of the more than 19K members here, that no more than 1 member owns a Tesla, and that would be statistically generous!
Every vehicle on the road, be they gasoline, hybrid, diesel or all electric, are capable of catching fire in an accident. I am more worried about the ones that catch fire without being involved in an accident, like the Ford Aerostar, etc.
...Rich
Every vehicle on the road, be they gasoline, hybrid, diesel or all electric, are capable of catching fire in an accident. I am more worried about the ones that catch fire without being involved in an accident, like the Ford Aerostar, etc.
...Rich
Kevin Lang
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I question the safety of these electric car batteries after this: a ruptured battery shouldn't cause the car to burn like a funeral pyre (this doesn't look much safer than gasoline). These are the batteries of a 70,000 dollar car so I hesitate to think of the batteries in a cheaper electric car, one that might not have a quarter inch of armor around its battery compartment or use as "high quality" batteries.
scott degroot
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Am I the only one that can't see the original post?
KL,
While the video attemts to mislead by implying that the fire was caused by ruptured batteries by stating that the battery shield had been ruptured. It never said if the batteries were ruptured or what the direct cause of the fire was? They also clearly stated that the vehicle did not explode in flames. It started burning slowly after the accident.
When you are dealing with high-voltage, high-amperage DC voltage, a simple short circuit can act like an arc welder and immediately generate several thousand degrees almost instantly. That would easily ignite wiring insulation, plastic, rubber, cloth, fiberglass, and even carbon fiber resins or Magnesium parts.
Yes, Lithium-Ion batteries can explode or erupt in flames. This occurs when the battery is charging or if an internal or external short-circuit develops. This has occurred in laptops, and mobile devices using Lithium-ion batteries. There is even a case of a Samsung Galaxy Note erupting in flames while in a man's pocket.
Lithium-Ion batteries are the current state of technology and provide the most concentrated power for the longest time with the lightest weight. With the billions of Lithium-ion batteries on the market, powering almost every high-tech device, it's only natural that a few accidents like this will happen.
...Rich
While the video attemts to mislead by implying that the fire was caused by ruptured batteries by stating that the battery shield had been ruptured. It never said if the batteries were ruptured or what the direct cause of the fire was? They also clearly stated that the vehicle did not explode in flames. It started burning slowly after the accident.
When you are dealing with high-voltage, high-amperage DC voltage, a simple short circuit can act like an arc welder and immediately generate several thousand degrees almost instantly. That would easily ignite wiring insulation, plastic, rubber, cloth, fiberglass, and even carbon fiber resins or Magnesium parts.
Yes, Lithium-Ion batteries can explode or erupt in flames. This occurs when the battery is charging or if an internal or external short-circuit develops. This has occurred in laptops, and mobile devices using Lithium-ion batteries. There is even a case of a Samsung Galaxy Note erupting in flames while in a man's pocket.
Lithium-Ion batteries are the current state of technology and provide the most concentrated power for the longest time with the lightest weight. With the billions of Lithium-ion batteries on the market, powering almost every high-tech device, it's only natural that a few accidents like this will happen.
...Rich
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