dodge man
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Two things being discussed. One a Tesla big rig and another where a car caught fire in a parking garage.
If you can get enough cooling on the pack the cell burning will burn out eventually and the neighboring ones won't catch. (We're saying the same thing) The trouble is getting enough water/foam inside the sealed armored battery case to make this happen, spraying the outside won't do it. Procedures are evolving, I've seen an experimental spike that will pierce the pack from below and carry water directly inside. That could work or it could generate a steam explosion where the case ruptures suddenly.Once a lithium battery starts to overheat it produces its own oxygen to continue to cause the flare up to get hotter and hotter. You can't use water to put out the flame of a lithium battery burning, you can only cool it down to slow the self production of oxygen to keep the heat away from other things that might catch on fire.
Plus #3 the Tesla in the lake. But that one was driver error.Two things being discussed. One a Tesla big rig and another where a car caught fire in a parking garage.
Plus #3 the Tesla in the lake. But that one was driver error.
Plowhog is that an upgrade where he may have been passing a slow truck?Now it is being reported that Cal Fire brought in air assets to fight the fire ...
Big rig fire closes portion of I-80 near Emigrant Gap
A big rig fire led to an I-80 closure near Emigrant Gap on Monday morning.Authorities say I-80 westbound traffic is being diverted at California SR-20 due to tmynews4.com
The accident was reported at Laing road. That is a mild to moderate upslope, not bad. Two lanes eastbound with shoulders on each side. Trucks are usually running full speed at Laing road because the upslope has just started after a pretty long downslope section that lets them build speed. I know the truck speeds are good in that area because when I blew a tire on a travel trailer there it was quite hazardous being in the shoulder with high speed big rigs passing close by.Plowhog is that an upgrade where he may have been passing a slow truck?