Good point. Also brings up another question- normal car batteries don’t last as long/corrode faster in FL due to humidity and salty air. So, does that mean even without storms the EVs will die faster than expected?
Car batteries are usually lead/acid ones which wont catch fire in water, but Li-On batteries will catch fire.
Lithium is a monofuel which doesn't need oxygen to burn and reacts very badly exposed to water, and exposure to the air is problematic as well.
The best way to put them out is to bury them in dry sand or earth, but where is this in an area that's just been flooded out? A firefighters nightmare.
Good point. Also brings up another question- normal car batteries don’t last as long/corrode faster in FL due to humidity and salty air. So, does that mean even without storms the EVs will die faster than expected?
Possibly, I'd be surprised that they don't have the battery pack in at least a 'water resistant' casing, if not 'waterproof'.
What surprises me is that they don't have a better solution to the chemical fire than adding more water...
Car batteries are usually lead/acid ones which wont catch fire in water, but Li-On batteries will catch fire.
Lithium is a monofuel which doesn't need oxygen to burn and reacts very badly exposed to water, and exposure to the air is problematic as well.
The best way to put them out is to bury them in dry sand or earth, but where is this in an area that's just been flooded out? A firefighters nightmare.
I thought it was something like that, and having firefighters prepared with a dump truck of sand is probably also not practical.
Just addit to the list of reasons why EVs are not the savior it was sold.
They could be if they were built using hemp. Not a joke fren, see here.
https://phys.org/news/2014-08-hemp-nanosheets-topple-graphene-ideal.html
SAND + LITHIUM ION BATERY--------------> GLASS MOUND 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😍😎😎😎😎😎
True enough... if it burns for days and soaks up thousands of gallons of water, I guess, best to hope that they don't get too many of them in one day.