02-08-2021, 07:02 AM
"If a lithium-ion battery ignites, it is an exothermic reaction rather than a combustible fire. To deal with such ignition requires specialist extinguishants, sometimes requiring application for a prolonged period. If the application of fire extinguishers do not extinguish the fire, ensure all personnel are suitably isolated from the vehicle by creation of an exclusion zone so that they are not affected by heat, gaseous emissions or any potential explosion."
There are whole sections in the blue book relating to EVs, from which the above is an extract. Any lithium battery is banned from use on conventional competition cars.
I found myself examining a Tesla, and could hardly believe that anyone would spend money on such an orgy of bad taste, and give away their money to such a pinnacle of the concept of planned obsolescence. Our Sevens, and indeed machines such as 2CVs, used little of the earth's resources to be built, often a long time ago, and require very little of those resources to keep going. Not a single part of my Ruby was made in China and has a dubious independence from the makers of chips and similar computer technology, none of it came from very dubious employers of children mining special metals. On those very rare occasions when something goes ever so slightly wrong, it can be put right by the sweat of the owner, advised by this forum from which nobody makes a penny. Our suppliers do not whisk components into darkened rooms, and then declare that they need to be replaced at enormous expense.
End of ranting, now out to lie underneath a Seven, do Teslas have big ends?
There are whole sections in the blue book relating to EVs, from which the above is an extract. Any lithium battery is banned from use on conventional competition cars.
I found myself examining a Tesla, and could hardly believe that anyone would spend money on such an orgy of bad taste, and give away their money to such a pinnacle of the concept of planned obsolescence. Our Sevens, and indeed machines such as 2CVs, used little of the earth's resources to be built, often a long time ago, and require very little of those resources to keep going. Not a single part of my Ruby was made in China and has a dubious independence from the makers of chips and similar computer technology, none of it came from very dubious employers of children mining special metals. On those very rare occasions when something goes ever so slightly wrong, it can be put right by the sweat of the owner, advised by this forum from which nobody makes a penny. Our suppliers do not whisk components into darkened rooms, and then declare that they need to be replaced at enormous expense.
End of ranting, now out to lie underneath a Seven, do Teslas have big ends?