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I'm pretty sure the lessons learned from this incident will be incorporated into future builds (and conceivably even some retrofits to this Victoria build.) Si
by mikro2nd 5y ago
I'm pretty sure the lessons learned from this incident will be incorporated into future builds (and conceivably even some retrofits to this Victoria build.)
Since the stock fire-fighting response to this is (according to the article) "Keep other battery packs close to the fire cool and let it burn itself out," (Lithium fires, eh!) I'm guessing that something like automatic (fire-triggered) cooling systems (if that's not already in place - the article made no mention of existing fire-response systems and mitigations) and possibly better access between the packs for fire-fighting machinery.
I'm pretty sure that the occasional fire is just part of the risk in building these extremely large agglomerations of Lithium cells, just as it is part of the risk in existing electrical substations. All things considered, I'm reasonably impressed that the fire remained as contained as it has.
- dncornholio 5y agoI think we need to stop giving Tesla the benefit of doubt
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- simondotau 5y ago> I'm reasonably impressed that the fire remained as contained as it has. Indeed—though one must assume that this kind of catastrophic event was specifically predicted and planned for. So the fact that the fire didn't spread is really just evidence that they knew what they were doing.