It does happen however. Back in the late 80s my son’s Plymouth Reliant caught fire as he was driving along the highway. In the long run, it turned out to be a badly designed head gasket. Quite a few of these cars caught fire.
Ruth Ann (She, her, hers) > On Mar 23, 2022, at 12:44 PM, Dennis Liu <bigheadden...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Oh, I forgot to add this: > > Paul Shorb wrote: > To put this in perspective, remember that there is some > risk associated with any form of stored energy, including a car's fuel tank > full of gasoline. We are all familiar from TV and movies of cars being burned > up by their own gasoline > > Ah, for the avoidance of doubt: while, of course, gasoline cars do catch > fire and burn across the world every single day, those are almost always > either the result of a fairly bad accident that causes major damage to the > fuel tank or fuel system, or else a major mechanical problem with the engine. > > I just want folks to understand that the fun world of fictional movies and TV > shows is ***FAR*** from reality. It is SUPER HARD to get a car to burn or > explode. Shooting it full of bullets won’t do it, no matter what you see on > TV. I’m especially amused when the hero causes the villain’s car to careen > off the road, and the vehicles explodes in a fireball in mid-air as it falls > to the valley below. > https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShootTheFuelTank > > Vty, > > --Dennis > > > From: Lincoln <lincoln-boun...@lincolntalk.org> On Behalf Of Paul Shorb > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 8:55 AM > To: richardpane...@gmail.com; Lincoln@lincolntalk.org > Subject: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries > > Richard - > You asked whether the GEC has any thoughts on the specific dangers of lithium > batteries catching fire in EV. You noted among other things that in recent > weeks two manufacturers released bulletins telling customers not to park > their vehicles in a garage. > > I'm not a technical expert, and of course EVs are not part of what will be > put before this Town Meeting, but I can offer the following. I understand > from an EV owner in town that the bulletin is part of the > federal car-safety system working as it should. If the manufacturer detects a > possible problem, it sends out an alert called a "recall notice", which may > tell you to bring your car in to have something fixed at manufacturer > expense, and meanwhile take care in certain ways. Maybe some other LT reader > who has received one of these EV notices can fill in here. > > To put this in perspective, remember that there is some risk associated with > any form of stored energy, including a car's fuel tank full of gasoline. We > are all familiar from TV and movies of cars being burned up by their own > gasoline, and that has actually happened to our family's van. (We all got out > in time, no one was hurt.) I think I'll feel very safe in an EV. > > - Paul Shorb > > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >
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