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One of the things I'm noisy about is mechanical door locks in BEVs. A thermal runaway event in an EV is equivalent to immediate arc welding temperatures where a
by olivermarks 4y ago
One of the things I'm noisy about is mechanical door locks in BEVs. A thermal runaway event in an EV is equivalent to immediate arc welding temperatures where a gasoline fire burns a great deal cooler and unless the fuel tank gets super heated there is time to get out. In disasters like the Houston doctor tragedy...
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/05/11/friend-believes-doctor-who-died-in-fiery-tesla-crash-climbed-in-backseat-to-try-to-save-his-own-life/ https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/05/11/friend-b...
...Having electric door locks that no longer work is catastrophic in these types of situations. A great deal more needs to be done on BEVs to create better fire walls and battery protection if they ever become mainstream transport.
I posted the link to the spectacular exploding Paris bus earlier. Here it is again.
https://insideevs.com/news/583324/paris-suspends-149-bollore-electric-buses-after-two-fires/ https://insideevs.com/news/583324/paris-suspends-149-bollore...
- olivermarks 4y agoWhere gasoline and diesel are consumed at low or no pressure from a fuel tank, an EV is analogous to a compressor driven high pressure hydraulic line. High pressure fires are very different to low pressure as this garbage truck hydraulic line fire demonstrates: https://youtu.be/aj8-JlRqoWc https://youtu.be/aj8-JlRqoWc Trapped energy is in a hurry to get out. Damaged batteries contain immensely 'pressurized' amps that will find a way out until exhausted...
- diggernet 4y agoI gotta say, electric door opening is one of the big reasons I'll never own a Tesla. In an emergency, you can't waste time trying to remember where to find and how to use the mechanical override. As a side note, how many Tesla owners here train their passengers on how to get out in an emergency before giving them a ride?