Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Tins

Or this.

I assume you know about the mega ice beemer recalls going on around the globe atm due to spontaneousb combustion risk?

In carrot head land the owners have been told to park them outside.

I'll post model / year details the next couple of days.

DL

From the Oz last weekend paraphrased...............

196,355 beemers and 1469 supras built by bmw recalled due a starter relay which corrodes, overheats and can start fires whether moving or not.

US safety watch dog NHTSA.:keep these cars away from houses and garages.

Days later bow recalled another 145,102 vehicles for starter motor overheating issues after repeated start attempts. Can ignite 'nearby items' apparently.

Problem affects: Z4, 3 Series, 5 Series, X3, X4, 4 Series, X5, X7, and 7 Series bought in the last 5 years, apparently.

Hmmm. Let me think. What would I rather try to extinguish?

A: A starter motor fire?

B: An EV battery fire?

I'm definitely going A!

Originally Posted by Saitch

Hmmm. Let me think. What would I rather try to extinguish?

A: A starter motor fire?

B: An EV battery fire?

I'm definitely going A!

As am I. Anything will burn in the right circumstances. Just seems the right circumstances happen more often, and louder, in the EV world. And WAY harder to put out.

Originally Posted by Saitch

Hmmm. Let me think. What would I rather try to extinguish?

A: A starter motor fire?

B: An EV battery fire?

I'm definitely going A!

I have a better option Saitch. I was on the back of a Firetruck Monday Night with a hose in my hands chasing a soccer ball around with the drivers help of course. Its now my FAV fire trick- Soccer

PS just started a Evnex EV charger. Smart EV chargers for home & business | Evnex AU NZ made and NZ support rocked to get everything running Free driving cost frequently for this black duck

Of interest it was very very competitively priced to all the sales prices here in OZ. I like NZ fishing and Mountains so support took some time

Free is of course AFTER adding 7kWhCharger, Solar, Shed for that and sparkies

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

I have a better option Saitch. I was on the back of a Firetruck Monday Night with a hose in my hands chasing a soccer ball around with the drivers help of course. Its now my FAV fire trick- Soccer

Is that called 'Fireball'?

I might have a go.

Dry2.jpg


Seriously though, I was advised to prepare. Our area is a 'No slashing, mowing, angle grinders etc.'.
I hope all I have to use it for, is to water some trees!

Originally Posted by Tins

As am I. Anything will burn in the right circumstances. Just seems the right circumstances happen more often, and louder, in the EV world. And WAY harder to put out.

If any car catches fire under my house - it doesn't matter what it is. I loose my house. How hard or otherwise it is to put the car out is irrelevant as it's my house which is on fire. I don't worry about charging my EV - but I do worry about my ice cars. I won't start the lotus without a clear line of sight to the fire extinguisher, and I can't seem to stop the land rover pouring diesel on the garage floor since I came back.

Even though ICE cars are apparently 20 times more likely to catch fire than EV's.. I constantly find it remarkable how rarely ICE cars catch fire. It's a miracle.

Originally Posted by Saitch

Is that called 'Fireball'?

I might have a go.

Dry2.jpg


Seriously though, I was advised to prepare. Our area is a 'No slashing, mowing, angle grinders etc.'.
I hope all I have to use it for, is to water some trees!

Try it. It's a BLAST I did have go in our strike unit. It was from the passenger seat so not nearly as much fun Tanker lasted over 30 minutes with 5000lt on board. Strike even with the skinny hose was dry in sub 15 minutes of soccer

Back to EVs.

A 7X not the old soft drink my dad made A Zeeker. No tow bar yet approved!

"QuantumScape Stock Is Surging, But Analysts Warn It Could Fall 60% From Here

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Last year- "QuantumScape Corporation witnessed a substantial stock price increase following the announcement of a key strategic collaboration with Japanese electronics giant Murata Manufacturing."

This year "Why QuantumScape Stock Zoomed Up 55% in September and Just Hit a 52-Week High

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" IAA Mobility show in September, Volkswagen Group's (OTC: VWAGY) subsidiary PowerCo displayed the first all-electric Ducati V21L race motorcycle -- and it was equipped with QuantumScape's QSE-5 solid-state batteries."

This one is interesting "QuantumScape announced an agreement with glass and ceramics giant Corning (NYSE: GLW) to jointly develop ceramic separators that can be produced at scale for commercial use."



GLW has 27.735B in Assets "a huge partner to manufacture the most critical components of its batteries as it commences production"

Show me the money is my motto in investment not the claims and pump and dump stuff like above!

Cars fully charged for free (after installation costs and the rest of course )

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