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As much as I love Electric cars, this part of them freaks me out a little. You could say it's a minor problem, but Electric cars haven't reached saturation poin

As much as I love Electric cars, this part of them freaks me out a little. You could say it's a minor problem, but Electric cars haven't reached saturation point. In future events (which will become more frequent), what happens then ? A whole carpark will go up because of flood waters in the basement?

yazzku 2y ago
I've seen a gas car light up just as well. That was also years ago and I don't know if shit has improved, nor am I an expert on the matter. But humidity may accumulate near the battery and explode either way, gas or electric. A gas car in the garage will take down your house just as fine. The gas in the tank is irrelevant here. Disclaimer: I am also not a Tesla fanboy. But articles like these are rather dishonest in how they present the "information".
- shepardrtc 2y ago
  There's a difference between the battery in a gas car and the lithium batteries in EVs. Lead-acid batteries are not inherently flammable, and they won't burn underwater. Lithium-ion, on the other hand, reacts with water to produce hydrogen gas and can undergo a thermal runaway. They also produce oxygen during the combustion process so they will burn underwater.
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  - yazzku 2y ago
    > There's a difference between the battery in a gas car and the lithium batteries in EVs To be clear, EVs often have both batteries, actually; the lithium-ion one to power the transmission, and the good ol' lead-acid one to power the electronics, just like in a gas car. https://motorandwheels.com/do-electric-cars-have-one-or-multiple-batteries/ https://motorandwheels.com/do-electric-cars-have-one-or-mult... But I suppose you're saying EVs burn more easily. That's fine. Most of these articles I've run across are still rather dishonest, though.
nomilk 2y ago
It’s not too uncommon for a water pipe burst to flood an entire level of an underground car park. Granted, that’s a huge writeoff/mess before factoring fires from electric cars, but if a partially flooded car park caused a few hundred EVs to combust, it could possibly set the whole building alight, which would take an already big problem and make it 10-100x worse, and very life threatening.
- bryanlarsen 2y ago
  Luckily water pipes are generally fresh water, not salt water, so the risk of fire would be much lower.

yazzku 2y ago

I've seen a gas car light up just as well. That was also years ago and I don't know if shit has improved, nor am I an expert on the matter. But humidity may accumulate near the battery and explode either way, gas or electric. A gas car in the garage will take down your house just as fine. The gas in the tank is irrelevant here. Disclaimer: I am also not a Tesla fanboy. But articles like these are rather dishonest in how they present the "information".

shepardrtc 2y ago
There's a difference between the battery in a gas car and the lithium batteries in EVs. Lead-acid batteries are not inherently flammable, and they won't burn underwater. Lithium-ion, on the other hand, reacts with water to produce hydrogen gas and can undergo a thermal runaway. They also produce oxygen during the combustion process so they will burn underwater.
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- yazzku 2y ago
  > There's a difference between the battery in a gas car and the lithium batteries in EVs To be clear, EVs often have both batteries, actually; the lithium-ion one to power the transmission, and the good ol' lead-acid one to power the electronics, just like in a gas car. https://motorandwheels.com/do-electric-cars-have-one-or-multiple-batteries/ https://motorandwheels.com/do-electric-cars-have-one-or-mult... But I suppose you're saying EVs burn more easily. That's fine. Most of these articles I've run across are still rather dishonest, though.

nomilk 2y ago

It’s not too uncommon for a water pipe burst to flood an entire level of an underground car park. Granted, that’s a huge writeoff/mess before factoring fires from electric cars, but if a partially flooded car park caused a few hundred EVs to combust, it could possibly set the whole building alight, which would take an already big problem and make it 10-100x worse, and very life threatening.

bryanlarsen 2y ago
Luckily water pipes are generally fresh water, not salt water, so the risk of fire would be much lower.