Posted on 09/23/2022 5:01:06 PM PDT by know.your.why
Happened in Paris. Lithium batteries...when they get in the 200°F-250°F range, go into a RTE (Runaway Thermal Event). When it happens, Run Away!!. This will become more common as more lithium battery EV's are on the road.
Perfect. A one-two punch.
(See the post prior to yours.)
Aw geez, you will bring the EV fluffers out now.
Well, that’s what Paris gets for allowing smoking on their buses.
“Perfect. A one-two punch. (See the post prior to yours.)”
I like it too! While we seem have our share of Neocons, there aren’t too many Globalists here pressing EVs, but they are relentless. Best option is to build up a few articles and then ‘flood the zone’.
That is a lot of pollution and CO2.
Reuters with some more details
Curios as to what Battery chemistry this bus used. One of the problems with EV batteries is dendrites forming between the anode and cathode. These cause uncontrolled discharges, and heat leading to events as shown (also on Samsung Galaxy phones a few years ago, laptop batteries a decade ago, etc). This is partly why other chemistries are used, to remove flammable potential , retard dendritic growth while keeping or boosting energy density.
Toyota has a solid contender with their solid state battery tech; but scaling product is an issue. Other chemistries are still being worked out
Oh, My, God!!!
That thing exploded into flames. Which makes a lot of sense. How much potential energy is stored in those cells. Enough to drive a city bus all day long? This electric car initiative is just as dangerous as any of the crazy leftist emotion driven boondoggles. Nuclear energy was once a leftist emotion driven initiative. Same as the plastic grocery bags. Ethanol... Windmills... Solar Cells... All from the delusional leftist feverswamp that is our university educational systems. That’s where we need to start.
The Pinto’s record is looking better by the day, relatively speaking.
That was my thought..so thankful no one was nearby. Prayfor the firefighters.
ICE vehicles do not spontaneously combust.
It’s a feature of EVs.
You don’t need the impacting vehicle like that Pinto had.
Self immolating.
Since 2014, Big Blue Bus has led the way in the adoption of clean fuel, near-zero emissions buses, which has helped reduce our nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by more than 70% over the last 3 years -- but there's still more work to do!
D'ya think?
Ford needs to reclaim every penny they ever paid out, citing the U.S. government exceeding any risk a Pinto carried.
"Don't tell us our cars are dangerous and then go out and promote these white hot fireboxes."
Rolling thermite bombs!
Just wait ‘til all the fire trucks are electric too!
That does it!
I’m never gonna buy an electric bus!
Always good, exploding Ford Pinto from Top Secret movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9GGDOUDLhc
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