schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE carswww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square122fedilinkarrow-up1494arrow-down127file-text
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minus-squareRaoulDook@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 hours agoI’ve heard that gasoline also tends to burn rapidly. The Mythbusters usually had to add gas to make their explosions look cooler
minus-squareBlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 hours agoNot as rapidly as lithium batteries. From firefighting perspective this is much uglier case. Bonus issue: unlike gasoline, you can’t extinguish it reliably - it has to burn out on its own
I’ve heard that gasoline also tends to burn rapidly. The Mythbusters usually had to add gas to make their explosions look cooler
Not as rapidly as lithium batteries. From firefighting perspective this is much uglier case. Bonus issue: unlike gasoline, you can’t extinguish it reliably - it has to burn out on its own