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Lithium Batteries on the Road: 5 Fires, No Placards, Huge Risks | StacheD Training [5:36] (www.youtube.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org to c/batteries@sh.itjust.works

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tl;dw: is it time for Li-Ion batteries (edit: that are being hauled in containers) to have a hazmat placard all their own?

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[–] Subdivide6857@midwest.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/the-latest-car-fire-statistics/

https://www.motortrend.com/features/you-are-wrong-about-ev-fires

https://www.moderntiredealer.com/retail/article/33016799/do-ev-fires-make-you-worry

[–] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

If you'd bothered to watch the video, you'd have noted that all the incidents in question involved batteries (4) or vehicles (1) being hauled in closed trailers, and that it was specifically about the issue of first responders being called to random trailer fires and having sub-optimal information that Li-ion batteries are involved.

Also, Li-ion battery fires are often harder to put out than liquid fuel fires, take more resources to manage, and have a vastly higher chance of reignition.

I'm very interested in electric vehicles and would love to own one (F150 Lightning house on wheels), but attempting to sugarcoat these facts will get people killed.