Electric bus pops off

[Trigganometry]

Just sitting there waitin for the bus and all of a sudden it spontaneously combusted

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[Figarou]

Want to know what is worse? Having a smartphone battery explode while it's next to your face.

Do a search on YouTube for smartphone battery explosions.

 

[Gsxrdoug]

Everyone run!!!! Get in your gas and diesel vehicles and drive away.

 

[got3fords]

Polluting the air like crazy!

 

[AzScorpion]

What they don't tell you is how dangerous these batteries are when in a major accident. It's going to be a mess when there's a massive pileup one day and these batteries are all over the road.

https://sunnewsreport.com/the-dangers-of-electric-vehicles-in-an-accident/

Firefighters were called to an accident involving a Tesla on the 101 freeway in Mountain View, CA.

While traveling at 70 mph, the vehicle suddenly swerved to the left and into the median, tearing the front end off the vehicle’s frame, ripping open the Tesla’s 1,200-pound, 400-volt lithium-ion battery and scattering energized cells across the road.

Bystanders risked their lives to pull the 38-year-old driver from the wreck before it burst into flames. He later died at the hospital from his injuries.

The badly damaged battery was shooting flames five feet into the air.

Firefighters shot copious amounts of water directly at the flaming battery and extinguished the fire in a couple of minutes. After eight more minutes with no reoccurrence of fire, they turned off their hoses.

But the severed battery continued to hiss and pop.

According to the article, fully charged, the battery has a capacity of 75 kWh—roughly enough energy to power the average US home for more than two-and-a-half days, and more than enough to instantly kill anyone exposed to it.

If punctured, breached, or otherwise damaged, heat can build rapidly inside the compromised battery cells and spread to surrounding cells in a cascade-like process called thermal runaway, which can lead to fire, arc flashing, off-gassing, and sometimes explosions.

The crash—and dozens of others like it around the world—lay bare the gaps in our understanding of what can occur in such incidents, and how far responders have to go to prepare for the rapid influx of battery technology that experts say is fast approaching.

Because of lithium ion’s penchant for reigniting without warning, NFPA recommends that an EV with a damaged battery be stored at least 50 feet away from other vehicles and buildings.

With the expected surge in the number of EVs on the road (around 130-million by 2030), ” electric vehicles and energy storage are just the next thing in a never-ending cycle for the fire service—technical advancement breeds new challenges, which are eventually dealt with and overcome.”

 

[MountainGoat]

What they don't tell you is how dangerous these batteries are when in a major accident. It's going to be a mess when there's a massive pileup one day and these batteries are all over the road.

https://sunnewsreport.com/the-dangers-of-electric-vehicles-in-an-accident/

Sounds almost nostalgic!
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I posted this older one the other day.
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[Jason B]

Is it luck, coincidence, or something else that there was no one on the bus? Imagine the carnage if there were passengers on board. Probably would be even worse if the batteries were stored below the passenger compart, and not above.

 

[Figarou]

Sounds almost nostalgic!


I posted this older one the other day.
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CNG

Compressed Natural Gas.

 

[Figarou]

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Happened today around 7:20 a.m. in the town of Green, Ohio

https://www.beaconjournal.com/story...-north-green-ohio-tractor-trailer/9742885002/

 

[MountainGoat]

CNG

Compressed Natural Gas.

Well it seems that's right. Found a similar looking video.

 

[Figarou]

Well it seems that's right. Found a similar looking video.

https://www.carscoops.com/2022/04/c...re-looks-like-a-scene-from-a-hollywood-movie/

 

[Dollar]

I will raise you 4 buses...that catch fire.

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