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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Monterey County officials ordered evacuations after Vistra’s battery facility at the Moss Landing Power Plant caught fire Thursday.
Monterey County authorities issued evacuation orders Thursday night after a fire broke out at a battery storage facility along the Central Coast that the company claims is the largest in the world.

Vistra Energy, which owns the natural gas-fueled Moss Landing Power Plant and adjoining lithium-ion battery facility on the Monterey County coast, confirmed in an email a fire had broken out in one of its batteries Thursday afternoon and that it had evacuated on-site personnel.

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“The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but an investigation will begin once the fire is extinguished,” said spokesperson Jenny Lyon.

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The Monterey County Sheriff had earlier told nearby residents to close windows “out of an abundance of caution.” The California Highway Patrol also closed Highway 1 around the plant.

The Texas-based Vistra finished its most recent phase of construction on the energy storage facility in 2023 as part of California’s efforts to bolster its grid with clean energy. It stores 750 megawatts, enough power for roughly 562,000 homes for up to four hours. California projects it will need 52,000 MW of energy storage, three times what it has now, by 2045 to meet energy needs while reaching its net-zero emissions goal.

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Vistra’s Moss Landing battery complex suffered damage from a malfunctioning heat detector in 2021. A small fire also broke out in 2022 at an adjoining battery plant owned by Pacific Gas & Electric and supplied by Tesla.

Safety concerns fueled a ballot measure last year further down the coast in Morro Bay aimed at blocking Vistra from getting local permits to construct a battery facility near a power plant there. The measure passed in November, but will do little to stop the project, which is instead going through a fast-tracked state permitting process.

 

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The Brief​

• Mercedes-Benz is recalling 7,362 electric SUVs in the U.S. over the risk of a battery fire.
• The recall is for certain 2022-2025 EQB 250, EQB 300 4MATIC, and EQB 350 4MATIC electric vehicles.
• Dealers will update the battery management system software for free.

Mercedes-Benz is recalling more than 7,000 electric SUVs in the U.S. over the risk of a battery fire.

A notice dated Jan. 31 was posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which warns owners to only charge their vehicles "to a maximum of 80% battery capacity" until the necessary repairs have been made.

RELATED: 1 in 5 vehicles on US roads have an unresolved recall. Is yours one of them?

Here’s what drivers should know:

Mercedes EQB recall​

What we know:
Mercedes-Benz USA is recalling certain 2022-2025 EQB 250, EQB 300 4MATIC, and EQB 350 4MATIC electric vehicles. The recall notice states that the high-voltage battery "may fail internally and lead to a vehicle fire while parked or driving."

By the numbers:
A total of 7,362 vehicles have been recalled as part of the issue.

What's next:
Dealers will update the battery management system software for free. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed April 1, 2025.

What you can do: Owners of the impacted vehicles can contact Mercedes-Benz USA customer service at 1-800-367-6372.

How to check if your car is under recall

Dig deeper:
Drivers can check if their vehicle is under recall by using the NHTSA’s VIN look up tool:

• Go to NHTSA.gov/Recalls
• Enter the vehicle's 17-character VIN
• Search for recalls

The Source: Information for this story was provided by a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle notice which gives details about the Mercedes recall. This story was reported from Cincinnati.

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[heinrich]

THERE SHOULD BE A SMILY WHICH EXPRESSES OUR SYMPATHY TO THE VICTIMS AND OUR PLEASURE WITH THE ENCOUNTERED PROBLEM...