Awesome Tips Battery Fires Are Making Electric Cars and Bikes Look Bad
A sober look at the problem reveals less of one than hysterical headlines suggest, and some technological answers that make EVs and other vehicles far safer than gas-powered ones.
A sober look at the problem reveals less of one than hysterical headlines suggest, and some technological answers that make EVs and other vehicles far safer than gas-powered ones.
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Almost as bad as the thousands of tons of coal burned to generate non clean electricity
I have known a case here in Belgium where dure fighters had to put a burning electric car in a water bassin because it kept re-igniting
No kidding. They showed me an ad for an e-bike in the middle of his video
E hombre…Life is tough !!!
Wait until the multistorey car park underneath your skyscraper is all EV's and one ignites setting off the rest. The extreme temperature will cause buildings meeting today's codes to catastrophically fail, think 9/11. EV's if widely adopted, are going to cause untold disruption to society. Why? To save a pathetic amount of CO² emissions if they actually do that which is highly debatable. Ban air travel and make an impact. Assuming of course that the whole CO² isn't a complete crock.
They look bad because they are bad …..
They are a dangerous technology
A bomb waiting to go off and then you can’t put the fire out!!!
Wake up people and smell the roses !
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Lefties never think things completely thru
Electric cars should be banned
Gasoline fires make ICE vehicles look bad.
Personally I'm looking forward to the rise of the sodium-sulphur battery chemistry. I've heard they're less burny.
I understand some Fire stations & And fire men will have to retrain to deal with E cars 🚘 battery fires etc.
This is crap , 200000 ice fires every year , just looking views
Why Ill never own an EV. I was a FedEx pilot for 31 years, and the most dangerous material we transported on airplanes were lithium batteries. Once they catch fire, God cant put them out. We lost a DC10 years ago in NY state when lithium batteries ignited resulting in a complete hull loss. Fire trucks could do nothing, just watch it burn. Lucky it was on ground and crew escaped.
Ev,s are not the future , these rape the eath of natural resources
Its also down to the fact they store energy, all things being equal, the more energy stored the greater the fire hazard. And modern batteries are far more energy dense than old lead-acid batteries.
Yep when they go off it's a really bad few days. But here's a crazy solution: how about they NOT CATCH FIRE in the first place. It's impossible to have zero catch fire but you could force the manufacturer to make it as safe as possible were fires are extremely rare much safer than any alternative. Thus the fire recovery resource drain is negligible.
Electric cars look bad, because they are bad. Cars burn fast and kids in car seats will pay.
Why is this guy yelling
Percentage wise petrol to EV fires. I suspect a far higher percentage. And yes I have seen a flaming Tesla. Firies had no real idea or equipment. And that one fire was probably 5% plus of the local Tesla population.
Disposal?? There is no real 'proper' disposal for these batteries. I suspect nuclear waste is easier to at least store. And there will be a LOT more of it.
Do they make sense?? As a city car maybe. Never for a car to go travelling in. RANGE! Are they economical? Never, and with the price hikes on electricity are becoming less and less so. Especially with all the dedicated infrastructure just to charge them. Are they practical?? As a city car maybe. That is IF you have somewhere off the street to park and charge them.
EV commercials. Not practical at all.
Subsidies?? Musk has cost the US taxpayer squillions. Over a decade now and the cars are still at best semi practical.
Charging?? may be different now but in a UK Motorway fuel outlet they had Tesla electricity and Nissan electricity. THAT was stupid beyond comprehension and describes the whole industry.
Weight?? Traditionally heaver vehicles cost more to register. EVs are HEAVY. You have at least half a ton of battery. EV tyres are far more expensive and I feel wear out faster.
Taxes?? With the rollout of these things they must pay their share of taxes. Normal vehicles/ owners are taxed extremely hard. Up to 50% of the price of fuel. To pay for roads. So I do not like subsidising these toys
Buy an elektrikity car and have a tilt tray on speed dial. Like VWs you will need one! Regularly!
What a brilliant discovery 👏
Well i have just been made aware via another youtube vid, Fill up an under ground high rise apartment block, An EV flares up and the inferno sets off many other EV's in this car park, the enormous heat generated brings about a break down of the steel reinforced concrete foundations supporting the building, now when the Twin Towers came down the method of incineration ensured a verticle drop, what happens if the foundation degradation takes place more to one side, this may? topple a huge building into the surrounding buildings. And don't forget, the fire dept cannot put out this inferno neither can they extricate the burning vehicles from the basement.
what about the batteriies with cobalt in them?
Battery tech is coming along by leaps & bounds! that means your shiny new EV has BUILT IN OBSOLESCENCE. A W E S O M E
The winter heat wave in Europe right now is a pretty worse look
Interesting subject boring delivery
Because gas fires don't happen?
Every reason not to own an EV, what about spent batteries… politicians no brain gaskets are bad…
Not all the car batteries catch fire. For example BYD blade battery operates at lower than 60C, doesn’t emit smoke nor burn when punctured or crashed.
The high pressure fuel lines on gas cars are relatively new, they also tend to clog the engine with carbon. I would not buy that type of engine.
Good, the more fires the better, electric cars aren't ready to leave the golf course yet. It's especially great if it's a Tesla.
Ironic that the fire department training uses a Nissan LEAF as the test vehicle, given that LEAFs, despite their well known battery issues, are in fact not known to have fire issues. It is rare for a Nissan LEAF to catch fire unless it was deliberately induced. They probably used it because old LEAFs also happen to be the cheapest EVs around.
No.
Woke ESG Idiots are making Electric Cars look Bad.
If you know nothing about cars or batteries and are pushing the EV narrative, you are one of these Idiots; CNET.
How many car fires are deliberate arson.. a lot, that's what.
What's the % of cars catching fire, not the total number. EV's represent a far smaller number of cars vs petrol. Nice bit of misdirection you did there
Does anyone have the Insurance Company figures on the subject?
That's the reality of battery-powered EV. That is why I still love the idea of range extender EV and hydrogen fuel cell. The latter can easily emulate the use of petrol and diesel without a problem at all. Before long, all the existing gas stations are fully converted to hydrogen filling stations. It's an easy win-win, really.
THE CHEMISTRY of a battery can be neutralized.
GET INSIDE THE CASING, TO DO SO … IS PARAMOUNT.