Car fire, crash impacts run home for holiday traffic

It won’t be reported as such.

@gooterz
Of course you are.

In the absence of any information whatsoever, let’s just jump to conclusions, because there have been so many EV battery fires in Australia … like the massive total of 6 since 2010.

There has been more than 6, and the fires have been exceptional. The Janus truck fire in Melbourne closed for traffic for ages, the sydney airport car fire took out 5 other cars.

Lithium dendrite formation causes many fires, over 1000 in the past year. Our own recycling centre was destroyed by a battery fire.

I’d say the peak period is going to be in a few years, where the cheaper mass produced batteries will occasionally have a wearing use flaw that causes thermal runaway.
Its not a case of it, its a case of when.

@gooterz
So you still have a mobile phone and charge it at home do you? Bit hypocritical don’t you think?

So you’re comparing a tiny Li-ion in a phone to a massive bank in a vehicle? Classic strawman argument? I’m pretty sure phone fires don’t shut down roads or destroy multiple cars. However, I once put a powered memory card into my microwave for 10 seconds to wipe the data – huge mistake. The smell from the melted device made my apartment smell metallic for weeks. I had to leave for the day and leave all the windows open when I did it. It was this heavy metallic odour that was like nothing I’d experienced. Smoke from these things is not like smoke from burning wood or anything else. I really think this is the most dangerous thing greenies have pushed on us, more than recklessly shutting down coal power plants.

@Jones McDaniels
Strawman argument? Just check how many house fires have been caused by mobile phones left in chargers. And roads get shut down quite regularly from ICE vehicle accidents as well – but of course that’s not important is it?