Safety concerns around electric vehicles continue to mount with Australian fire and rescue services in New South Wales stating they might have to make a "Tactical disengagement" of a trapped car accident victim if the battery is likely to explode.
Fires are a grave risk in any vehicle accident, but they can be quickly brought under control in an internal combustion engine vehicle.
Just what can be involved in putting out a fire in an EV was dramatically detailed in a recent press release from the Wakefield Fire Dept in Massachusetts.
In Greater London in the 2017-2022 period, there were a reported 507 battery fires from a number of EV types, but CE Safety found a "Gigantic" 219 conflagrations in 2022-23 alone.
Overall "It was concerning" to discover that the number of electric battery fires during 2022-2023 was higher in most areas than the data showed over five years from 2017 to 2022.
Havila's Managing Director Bent Martini said a risk analysis had shown a fire at sea in a fossil fuel vehicle could be handled by on-board systems.
"A possible fire in electric, hybrid or hydrogen cars will require external rescue efforts and could put people on board and the ships at risk," he said.
https://dailysceptic.org/2024/05/08/concerns-mount-over-exploding-electric-vehicles/
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