FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours 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-square25linkfedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 hours agoThe difference is in what happens if they do catch fire though. ICE fires can be extinguished. Li battery fires are “wait until it burns out”. It makes a big difference if your car is on a boat.
minus-squarephar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoOr inside your garage. Or a parking deck. Or a repair shop.
The difference is in what happens if they do catch fire though. ICE fires can be extinguished. Li battery fires are “wait until it burns out”.
It makes a big difference if your car is on a boat.
Or inside your garage. Or a parking deck. Or a repair shop.