Electric bus on fire

[glenbo]

Glad there was nobody on it.

Electric bus caught fire after battery explosion in Paris

A video recording shows the start of the fire which completely consumed an electric RATP bus on Friday, April 29, 2022. The incident caused no injuries. The bus burst into flames within seconds. This is what can be seen on the video that captured the very beginning of the fire of an electric...

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[no2gates]

Holy crap ! Instant fireworks show.

 

[striker55]

Probably why some parking garages are not allowing EV.

 

[Tex929rr]

On passenger EV’s the batteries are generally very well shielded but once fire gets inside the actual battery compartment there is no putting it out. Just keep cooling it and protecting the exposures. We have 26 miles of I10 that we cover and traffic has grown a huge amount. We haven’t had an EV fire here yet but it’s bound to happen sooner or later.

 

[oldag]

Five seconds from start to inferno.

How many deaths would occur if loaded with passengers?

On passenger EV’s the batteries are generally very well shielded but once fire gets inside the actual battery compartment there is no putting it out. Just keep cooling it and protecting the exposures. We have 26 miles of I10 that we cover and traffic has grown a huge amount. We haven’t had an EV fire here yet but it’s bound to happen sooner or later.

There have been EV fires in the US.

 

[Tnhawk]

On passenger EV’s the batteries are generally very well shielded but once fire gets inside the actual battery compartment there is no putting it out. We haven’t had an EV fire here yet but it’s bound to happen sooner or later.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Tex929rr]

You all might be surprised how many vehicles fires we respond to. Three of the larger wildland fires we have worked this summer were started by vehicle fires. Semis and their loads seem to catch on fire disturbingly often. Nothing quite so weird as tearing a burning trailer apart on the I10 shoulder while the driver sits in the cab a few hundred yards up the road eating pizza.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

Follow the sheep.

 

[TheDan]

Wonder why the put the battery pack in the roof instead of the floor.

 

[oldag]

Wonder why the put the battery pack in the roof instead of the floor.

They wanted a broiler, not an oven.