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Curious, do you store your care very far away from your house too? I agree with the danger of lithium batteries, I wouldn’t want it attached to my house either

• fbdab103 4y ago
  Ha, well GM did inform Bolt owners to stop parking next to the house, so maybe there is something to that logic. Concentrated energy by any other name is a bomb. At least with gasoline, I am fairly confident if/when/where an ignition occurs. With an electronic device with embedded firmwares, I just have to hope that the failsafes are operating.
  • account-5 4y ago
    For the uninitiated, what are the risks with these batteries? Are they likely to explode?
    • CyanLite4 4y ago
      Sodium ion is much safer. Electrolytes in it may still be flammable, but CATL says there should be no thermal runaway or spontaneous combustion like Lithium-Ion. They’re also safer to ship without the hazmat warnings in the packaging.
    • fbdab103 4y ago
      The Bolt batteries were randomly catching fire. Random news article about it [0]. [0] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/15/gm-advising-some-bolt-ev-owners-to-park-50-feet-away-from-other-cars.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/15/gm-advising-some-bolt-ev-own...