electric vehicles fires

[heinrich]

please find below an article on lithium fires. it says they encounter such fire daily, which is in opposition to the saying that such fires are more seldom then petrol car fires...

Aussie Firefighters Warn of Lithium Battery Vehicle Fire Danger

Mike Gallagher, CEO of Ports Australia – “You can’t put them out. So you can imagine it on the street if you can’t put them out, imagine them on a vessel out at sea or in a …

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[heinrich]

i attach a reference to the difficulties encountered by hertz to resell its used ev. the article is in french and behind a paywall. there is no need to translate, as the title says it all

Hertz éprouve les pires difficultés à vendre ses voitures électriques - Transitions & Energies

En difficultés financières après avoir acheté massivement des véhicules électriques que ces clients délaissent et dont l’entretien est très coûteux, Hertz, l’un des géants mondiaux de la location de voitures de courte durée, a décidé de se séparer de 30.000 voitures électriques. Mais il a le...

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