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Originally Posted by Martinjlm
This is gonna be a big deal, at least in South Korea where the incident occurred. Ironically, South Korea is right up there with China in terms of battery manufacturing, but the batteries in question come from a smaller Chinese battery manufacturer. In any event, this serves as proof that a lot more work needs to be done in the area of fire containment and extinguishing.
https://insideevs.com/news/730531/hy...ia-fire-korea/ |
https://www.carscoops.com/2024/08/ko...rking-garages/
https://insideevs.com/news/730672/so...ev-fire-panic/
https://v.daum.net/v/20240811150646465
https://m.khan.co.kr/national/incide...02408051716507
I hope you'll step back to this story. Has fire department data been aggregated for battery type, time to extinguish, reach of colateral damage?
"South Korean officials met last week to discuss an emergency response to the recent EV fires and quell ongoing public concerns. As a result, it urged automakers to reveal the suppliers of its battery cells to help instill confidence in the public." I'm discounting blaming fires on Chinese manufacturing. No scaled up vehicle producer can eliminate recalls.
If the general public EV buyer was also made aware of battery chemistry in use, would they be making the same choices as tech enthusiast early adopters? I'm guessing that plays into Tesla now offering LFP choices. The EQE from the fire was reported as Li Nickel Cobalt Manganese.
"In addition to restricting access to underground garages to EVs that have been charged to less than 90%, the new rules will enforce a charging limit of 80% on rapid charges through South Korea’s capital city."
Are 80-90% charges going to be the new 100%? You've characterized Li-ion to LFP as similar to V8 versus V6. If lower performing cells are the easy safety choice, then even more so as KMPrenger says "hybrids just make sense" (including plug-in and erev).
I'm also hoping you comment more about this week's Ford EV news. The skunkworks vehicle reported to be mid-size trucks seems odd.