OzTzlaBloke
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NCA, NCM, NCMA, sure, they can have a cascading thermal runaway but then again many many systems have known failure modes and we take them for granted every day in society. For decades the controls in place to treat the risk have evolved. We allow laptops and phones using those cathodes on huge passenger aircraft. Granted a much bigger battery bank has more energy, and its a drama if it does go up, but actually, the quantified risk of BEV combusting is orders of magnitude less than ICE I dont have the source handy right now. With respect I dont think we can say it doesnt matter if a BEV is charging or not p NCA NCM NCMA very much does matter. We just have in place battery management controls in place which have evolved over time to treat the risk.
Then LFP, well zero thermal runaway potential. Heck I have seen videos by the ASTM piercing them with conductive rods and still no fire.
Also, this myth that "oh well liquid fuel fires are easy to put out and BEVs are the son of satan if they do combust". I have personally seen a very very very nice Ferrari burn to a pile of ash on the track side despite having 23KG of fire extinguisher material readily applied immediately. I have personally seen a classic open wheeled Formula Brabham burn so violetnly there was literally stuff all apart from a near naked driver with minor burns and bits of his driver suit lying around which he took off post haste.
Heres an irony for you - lookup how many liters of petrol you can store in a garage typically by regulation. Then compare that to the 200L + that 4wd expedition vehicles common have in multiple tanks parked in the same garage
Then LFP, well zero thermal runaway potential. Heck I have seen videos by the ASTM piercing them with conductive rods and still no fire.
Also, this myth that "oh well liquid fuel fires are easy to put out and BEVs are the son of satan if they do combust". I have personally seen a very very very nice Ferrari burn to a pile of ash on the track side despite having 23KG of fire extinguisher material readily applied immediately. I have personally seen a classic open wheeled Formula Brabham burn so violetnly there was literally stuff all apart from a near naked driver with minor burns and bits of his driver suit lying around which he took off post haste.
Heres an irony for you - lookup how many liters of petrol you can store in a garage typically by regulation. Then compare that to the 200L + that 4wd expedition vehicles common have in multiple tanks parked in the same garage
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