Toaster under electric car sets car and house on fire

[ilikegunspdx]

Too funny, who knew this was another "downside" to electric cars.

Toaster under car 'likely' cause of vehicle and house fire, police in Denmark say

Police believe the toaster was being used to warm up the electric vehicle's battery - and added they "strongly discourage" motorists from adopting such methods.

news.sky.com

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[Alexx1401]

Stupidity should be painful. This time it was

 

[Nosferatu]

At least this one has an apparent cause. There's been many EV fires that seemingly happened for no reason. One recently melted down a portion of a parking garage.

One of the reasons NMC batteries in large arrays need to go away is this thermal runaway. Once they get hot and erupt into fire, there's basically no way to put it out, you have to let it run it's course.

LiFeP04 chemistry is much safer, although not quite as energy dense, so EV manufacturers are reluctant to switch.

 

[Mikej]

At least this one has an apparent cause. There's been many EV fires that seemingly happened for no reason. One recently melted down a portion of a parking garage.

Shhhh, shh, shhh.

 

[Jay Walk]

The future is scary, my friends.