Brutkey

Carolyn
@CStamp@mastodon.social

Average fires are 4-5 hours but can last 24 hrs.

Common reasons for the fires: Overcharging, High ambient temperatures.

So plugging your car in over night is a problems? The cars don't know when to shut down before something "runs away?"

As for high, ambient temperatures, climate change is a thing. Not much control over that, so if you're driving at 40C, will there be an alert if the car is about to go zowy?

3/n

Carolyn
@CStamp@mastodon.social

I guess now I should look up how many gas cars blow up at gas stations or on hot days. And whatever the equivalent of that runaway thermal thing is. 😃

Anyway, this is the article. I wish articles like this were better written. It's "EV cars are as safe as or safer than ICE, but here are all the scary things that may make it go boom, which make them sound not so safe."

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/the-latest-car-fire-statistics/

Kevin Karhan :verified:
@kkarhan@infosec.space

@CStamp@mastodon.social Problem is that #LithiumIon batteries are virtually non-extinguishable.
Not only do they gas out hydrofluoric acid vapour (that white cloud) but since they are a #MetalFire the only way to stop them is to wait for burnibg away everything, which will destroy not just the road surface but the tire bedding underneath, or to hope one can throw enough dry sandbags on it and let it glass itself intosome Corium-like substance that can then be cooled with water and dislocated with heavy gear.

Also to this day there are 0 recycling plants.in the entire #EU willing to take in burnt-out #Swasticar|s or similar #BEV|s!

Luna Dragofelis ΘΔ🏳️‍⚧️🐱
@LunaDragofelis@void.lgbt

@kkarhan@infosec.space @CStamp@mastodon.social Maybe that's an argument for hydrogen after all

Carolyn
@CStamp@mastodon.social

@kkarhan@infosec.space Oh, that latter is really a problem. At least when gas cars are junked, they can be salvaged for parts and metal.

Kevin Karhan :verified:
@kkarhan@infosec.space

@CStamp@mastodon.social and not only are tzere recycling and safe disposal handling procedures established, even a cracked Lead-Acid - Battery isn't much of a problem as even Firefighter Trainees learn how to handle it.
The most dangerous parts on conventional cars are airbags, but these get removed and then detonated in a safety cage by spechally certified technicians.

Kevin Karhan :verified:
@kkarhan@infosec.space

@CStamp@mastodon.social and not only are tzere recycling and safe disposal handling procedures established, even a cracked Lead-Acid - Battery isn't much of a problem as even Firefighter Trainees learn how to handle it.
The most dangerous parts on conventional cars are airbags, but these get removed and then detonated in a safety cage by spechally certified technicians.