Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-24 Thread Richard Panetta
Roy, Thank you for your research of my question . This does address some of my concerns on EVs I appreciate you looking into it this Rich On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 10:56 PM ROY HARVEY wrote: > Hi Richard, > > I spoke today (3/23) with Lieutenant Ben Juhola, Training Coordinator of > the Lincoln

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread ROY HARVEY
Hi Richard, I spoke today (3/23) with Lieutenant Ben Juhola, Training Coordinator of the Lincoln Fire Department (LFD), about EV fire safety.  He told me the following (any transcription errors are mine): All members of the LFD have been certifi

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread RAandBOB
> > Vty, > > --Dennis > > > From: Lincoln 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 aske

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread Dennis Liu
arvelous! But until then, every EV is using conventional lithium-ion batteries. Vty, --Dennis From: ROY HARVEY Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:54 PM To: bigheadden...@gmail.com; Chris McCarthy ; Paul Shorb Cc: LincolnTalk Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle b

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread ROY HARVEY
ste of taxpayer money in foolish, politically-driven subsidies that have represented hundreds of millions of dollars going down the drain. My $0.02… --Dennis From: Lincoln On Behalf Of Chris McCarthySent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 9:12 AMTo: Paul Shorb Cc: LincolnTalk

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread Dennis Liu
hardpane...@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

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread Dennis Liu
: Lincoln On Behalf Of Chris McCarthy Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 9:12 AM To: Paul Shorb Cc: LincolnTalk Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries Recalls for potential vehicle fires are nothing new. Kia and Hyundai recently recalled 485,000 cars for this purpose

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread Richard Panetta
Paul Thank you. I do not have their contact info so if they are on LT I invite them to respond to my questions on these dangers in EVs On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 11:03 AM Paul Shorb wrote: > Richard - > Yes I am Chair of the GEC but not its EV expert. I would invite you to > contact Roy Harvey o

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread Paul Shorb
Richard - Yes I am Chair of the GEC but not its EV expert. I would invite you to contact Roy Harvey or Belinda Gingrich if you would like to know more about EVs. On Wed, Mar 23, 2022 at 9:01 AM Richard Panetta wrote: > No but you were advocating for them in the post I responded to and are you >

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread Richard Panetta
Chris from what I have read it is very hard to put out lithium fires with water and it takes 5 times more to do so which is the concern I was seeing in these vehicles catching fire. In part why the bulletin was put out to avoid parking in garages. Some properties will not allow EVs to park in thei

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread Chris McCarthy
Recalls for potential vehicle fires are nothing new. Kia and Hyundai recently recalled 485,000 cars for this purpose, which is more than 4x the number of Chevy Bolts impacted. A consumer reports article notes that "owners of these vehicles should park their cars outdoors and away from structures

Re: [LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread Richard Panetta
No but you were advocating for them in the post I responded to and are you not part of the GEC that also promotes the use of the vehicles? Or am I wrong you are part of that committee? If the committee is advocating and encouraging people to purchase said product I would hope they studied them fu

[LincolnTalk] Safety of electric vehicle batteries

2022-03-23 Thread Paul Shorb
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