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It mentions in the article about using sensors to avoid ejecting it into people.

• leakycap 1y ago
  Fine, so let's say they put a sensor on that detects... what? "People?" That takes a lot of computing power and sensor trust. What about houses with people in it? Do we shoot the battery toward those houses? What about drop-offs, where the battery shot out the side of the car off a bridge is going to fly down and land on top of a building full of people under the overpass, a sidewalk with people, etc? What about animals? Do we just jettison the fiery ton of batteries if it is a cow? What about if it's a dog? What if it's a trained companion animal? What about fields of dry material, forests, or even wooden structures? Should we shoot the battery 20 feet, 50 feet, or 250 feet into the pile of dry material that will start the next mega-wildfire? This idea is insanity and there are so many reasons that shooting a battery out the side of the car will never be the solution.