cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/620960
This accident could be a scene in a horror movie.
I’m not a Tesla fan by any measure, but I edited the headline for this post. The original headline made it seem like a specific feature of the Cybertruck trapped the victims, but then the article explains it was really that the battery was burning so fiercely that the police just couldn’t free them. The deadly feature of the accident was the lithium battery, which is common to many makes and manufacturers of EVs.
The batteries should be protected and rated for a crash like that, anything less is unsafe and negligent on the manufacturer.
Alcohol and drugs are just the right unsafe and negligent combination to start an EV fire. Credit where it’s due.
Energy is volatile, there’s only so much that can be done. Not every single fire is one that can be prevented beyond just not getting in the car in the first place (i.e. giving people a reasonable alternative via well maintained and affordable public transport.)
I think once sodium batteries become commonplace they should issue a recall to all lithium EVs that cause death
Solid state lifepo are also much safer. Liquid electrolytes are a big part of the problem when batteries are damaged.
Yeah, we definitely need both of those to become viable alternatives. But I’m even more excited about the possibility of a solid state battery E-Bike tbh.