▲ 634 ▼ 'It doesn’t catch fire': Why China’s "fireproof" sodium battery could be the breakthrough that makes EVs safer than ICE cars (www.techradar.com) submitted 4 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 204 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/62209262
[–] Asetru@feddit.org 8 points 4 months ago* (1 child) They don't catch fire that often though. Which is what that headline is about. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] monkeyFromTheLake@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) Do ice car catch fire more often? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Asetru@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago Yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago While true, you should also mention that there's way more ICEs and (more importantly) the way they burn is much, much safer. You can't really extinguish lithium fire, it burns way hotter, and it's more toxic. Comparatively an ICE car burning is not a big deal; they almost never make other stuff around them burn, and also when they catch on fire it's pretty much exclusively only when people are still near/in them so there's A chance to notice it and do something about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] monkeyFromTheLake@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago (2 children) Do ice car catch fire more often? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Asetru@feddit.org 3 points 4 months ago Yes. permalink fedilink source parent [–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago While true, you should also mention that there's way more ICEs and (more importantly) the way they burn is much, much safer. You can't really extinguish lithium fire, it burns way hotter, and it's more toxic. Comparatively an ICE car burning is not a big deal; they almost never make other stuff around them burn, and also when they catch on fire it's pretty much exclusively only when people are still near/in them so there's A chance to notice it and do something about it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amju_wolf@pawb.social 3 points 4 months ago While true, you should also mention that there's way more ICEs and (more importantly) the way they burn is much, much safer. You can't really extinguish lithium fire, it burns way hotter, and it's more toxic. Comparatively an ICE car burning is not a big deal; they almost never make other stuff around them burn, and also when they catch on fire it's pretty much exclusively only when people are still near/in them so there's A chance to notice it and do something about it. permalink fedilink source parent