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Old 03-06-2019, 12:13 AM   #178 (permalink)
Taylor95
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Originally Posted by IamIan View Post
No , I made no such claim.

In the post of mine you referenced I wrote about several things.
I will try to provide additional explanations bellow of each to help clarify .. mostly chronologically:
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Since you gave me a lengthy reply, I owe you the courtesy of replying to all of your points.

1. That is a good point. I did not consider that there are different kinds of batteries, and that would affect the safety and reliability of the EV. As I do more reading, there are many factors to keep in mind. There is battery management technology, as well as cooling systems to consider. I am sure that people with malicious intent could also hack into the computer and cause a fire. It remains to be seen how all of these things affect the car's safety and reliability over time.

2. Well then what would be your example of typical? I was basically trying to find an example of what a burning battery looks like.

3. I addressed this in the first section.

4. I'm sure EVs have options to reduce fire risk, such as the titanium plate that the Tesla model S uses.

ICE cars do have measures to prevent fires. In a certain version of the Grand Cherokee, the rear was designed in such a way that there is a high fire risk in the event of a vehicle ramming the back. Chrysler recalled these vehicles and installed a hitch to prevent that from happening.

An EV will catch fire just like an ICE car in a car crash. One of the big causes of fires in ICEs is lack of maintenance. It remains to be seen how EVs will withstand owners overheating the batteries and using bad charging habits.

5-6. EVs have also gotten notable attention on fires too.

7. I gave you an example of this.

8. Hopefully they are better. Many manufacturers are looking towards EVs.

9. ICEs do carry more energy. However I dislike the idea of the majority of battery packs being directly underneath the passenger cabin, as opposed to a gas tank usually underneath the trunk.

10-11. I think the rise of EVs will represent a logarithmic graph rather than a linear or exponential one. I think ICEs will be relevant still in 100 years in some form or another.

12. That would be good if those renewables took over. However, I believe that business owners would be very reluctant to embrace the new technology. It will likely be outside of most budgets, especially for small businesses.

13. It would only take one breakthrough for biofuel to catch on.
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