Otherwise known as explosives, rocket fuel, and most kinds of batteries.
Authorities said they used 32,000 gallons of water to extinguish the flames because the vehicle's batteries kept reigniting. At one point, Herman said, deputies had to call Tesla to ask them how to put out the fire in the battery.
Where I used to work, they had a machine shop that used to work with magnesium, before my time. Firefighters had a rule if they got a call: don't go in.
Another place I used to hang around during college was a robotics research lab. They had a bunch of 1st or 2nd gen l Li-Poly batteries, in pouch form, to run their little robots. I was told to never use a any of the fire extinguishers hanging on the wall if there was a battery fire. I don
They exist. They trade safety for energy-to-weight and energy-to-volume density.
People act like it's evil bogeyman keeping the masses from using electric cars. It's not. It's technology limitations, some of them surmountable given enough money today, but some of them because of hard physics-based theoretical limits.
Having to carry your own oxidizer as opposed to sucking it out of the air is one of those physics-based limits. A system that carries its own oxidizer will always weigh more than one that only ne
Fuel and oxidizer packed close together (Score:5, Interesting)
Otherwise known as explosives, rocket fuel, and most kinds of batteries.
Authorities said they used 32,000 gallons of water to extinguish the flames because the vehicle's batteries kept reigniting. At one point, Herman said, deputies had to call Tesla to ask them how to put out the fire in the battery.
Where I used to work, they had a machine shop that used to work with magnesium, before my time. Firefighters had a rule if they got a call: don't go in.
Another place I used to hang around during college was a robotics research lab. They had a bunch of 1st or 2nd gen l
Li-Poly batteries, in pouch form, to run their little robots. I was told to never use a any of the fire extinguishers hanging on the wall if there was a battery fire. I don
Re: (Score:3)
Maybe that'll be Musk's next great invention. Self-extinguishing batteries.
Re: Fuel and oxidizer packed close together (Score:5, Informative)
They exist. They trade safety for energy-to-weight and energy-to-volume density.
People act like it's evil bogeyman keeping the masses from using electric cars. It's not. It's technology limitations, some of them surmountable given enough money today, but some of them because of hard physics-based theoretical limits.
Having to carry your own oxidizer as opposed to sucking it out of the air is one of those physics-based limits. A system that carries its own oxidizer will always weigh more than one that only ne
Iron and air packed close together (Score:3)
One can always use iron as a fuel source. [phys.org] Even breweries [gizmodo.com] are using it.