Another Big EV Fail

[toobfreak]

Hundreds of drivers were stuck for hours at a dead standstill on the highway amid 100-degree heat because of another EV fail. A crucial highway connecting between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was closed for over 30 hours in intense heat. A tractor trailer carrying EV lithium ion batteries overturned and caught on fire. Due to the lithium-ion, water could not be added to the fire, so the batteries must be left to burn out on their own. The immediate concern was for the air quality in the region due to the highly toxic hydrogen cyanide, chlorine, and sulfur dioxide released into the air from the fire.

So far, all attempts to move the burned out 75,000 pound container have failed due to the enormous weight.

Another brilliant victory for the environment and climate change!!! Thank God this happened in California.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/27/us/interstate-15-california-las-vegas-hazmat-fire/index.html

 

[Dante]

Hundreds of drivers were stuck for hours at a dead standstill on the highway amid 100-degree heat because of another EV fail. A crucial highway connecting between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was closed for over 30 hours in intense heat. A tractor trailer carrying EV lithium ion batteries overturned and caught on fire. Due to the lithium-ion, water could not be added to the fire, so the batteries must be left to burn out on their own. The immediate concern was for the air quality in the region due to the highly toxic hydrogen cyanide, chlorine, and sulfur dioxide released into the air from the fire.

So far, all attempts to move the burned out 75,000 pound container have failed due to the enormous weight.

Another brilliant victory for the environment and climate change!!! Thank God this happened in California.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/27/us/interstate-15-california-las-vegas-hazmat-fire/index.html

Luddites of the world unite!

 

[August West]

Hundreds of drivers were stuck for hours at a dead standstill on the highway amid 100-degree heat because of another EV fail. A crucial highway connecting between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was closed for over 30 hours in intense heat. A tractor trailer carrying EV lithium ion batteries overturned and caught on fire. Due to the lithium-ion, water could not be added to the fire, so the batteries must be left to burn out on their own. The immediate concern was for the air quality in the region due to the highly toxic hydrogen cyanide, chlorine, and sulfur dioxide released into the air from the fire.

So far, all attempts to move the burned out 75,000 pound container have failed due to the enormous weight.

Another brilliant victory for the environment and climate change!!! Thank God this happened in California.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/27/us/interstate-15-california-las-vegas-hazmat-fire/index.html

Our earliest automobiles had to be started with a hand crank. We don`t do that anymore, do we?

 

[crossbody]

I'm in Texas and you might see an EV here a few times a month. Other than that all the vehicles are combustion engines.

 

[August West]

I'm in Texas and you might see an EV here a few times a month. Other than that all the vehicles are combustion engines.

We`ll be long gone before most cars are EV. There is no one underground making enough oil to supply the world infinitely.

 

[leftwinger]

Heres one, not running, not charging, decided to start smoking, then blew up. A Mercedez in S. Korea.

In total, 177 first responders arrived to fight the fire and handle evacuations of the complex.

*****Despite the massive response, it took emergency crews eight hours to extinguish the blaze completely.

In total, 106 people were rescued as smoke filled the area, and 103 others were evacuated. No deaths were reported, but 21 people were sent to the hospital with injuries sustained during the fire.

Watch: Explosive EV Failure in Packed Parking Garage Leaves 21 Hospitalized

The fiery failure of an electric vehicle caused nearly two dozen people, including a firefighter and children, to be sent to the hospital.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

 

[Cellblock2429]

Our earliest automobiles had to be started with a hand crank. We don`t do that anymore, do we?

/----/ Our earliest automobiles were electric, steam, and ICE.

 

[leftwinger]

We`ll be long gone before most cars are EV. There is no one underground making enough oil to supply the world infinitely.

The Earth is constantly producing new Oil. The earth is like the Sun at its core. Oil literally seeps out of the ground in many places.

 

[ReinyDays]

The Ukrainians are working on using old EVs for ordinance ...

 

[ding]

We`ll be long gone before most cars are EV. There is no one underground making enough oil to supply the world infinitely.

Correct. When oil production can no longer meet demand, they will turn to natural gas powered ICE.

 

[Cellblock2429]

We`ll be long gone before most cars are EV. There is no one underground making enough oil to supply the world infinitely.

/——/ You guys were saying we’d run out of oil by 1980. Wrong then, wrong now.
“By most estimates, there’s enough natural gas to produce about 1.6 trillion barrels of oil. Most of that gas probably will not be converted to oil. Still, the figure offers a hint at the extent of the world’s reserves: more than all the petroleum ever consumed — roughly 830 billion barrels — and enough to fuel the world for some 60 years at current rates of consumption. And there may be far more.”

(One free article, then s paywall)

Why We'll Never Run Out of Oil

Back in 1973, some experts were predicting $100-a-barrel oil prices by the year 2000. What happened?

www.discovermagazine.com

 

[sealybobo]

Hundreds of drivers were stuck for hours at a dead standstill on the highway amid 100-degree heat because of another EV fail. A crucial highway connecting between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was closed for over 30 hours in intense heat. A tractor trailer carrying EV lithium ion batteries overturned and caught on fire. Due to the lithium-ion, water could not be added to the fire, so the batteries must be left to burn out on their own. The immediate concern was for the air quality in the region due to the highly toxic hydrogen cyanide, chlorine, and sulfur dioxide released into the air from the fire.

So far, all attempts to move the burned out 75,000 pound container have failed due to the enormous weight.

Another brilliant victory for the environment and climate change!!! Thank God this happened in California.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/27/us/interstate-15-california-las-vegas-hazmat-fire/index.html

Is Elon Musk stupid? Why is your hero trying EV if it's a dumb idea? Weird

 

[Cellblock2429]

Is Elon Musk stupid? Why is your hero trying EV if it's a dumb idea? Weird

/—-/ Is the richest guy in the history of the world stupid?
Is the guy who built the largest car company in history stupid?
How about the US president who mandated EVs? Is he stupid?
How about the guy who decided to ship lithium batteries that way? Did he not know the risk? Is he stupid?

 

[sealybobo]

/—-/ Is the richest guy in the history of the world stupid?
Is the guy who built the largest car company in history stupid?
How about the US president who mandated EVs? Is he stupid?
How about the guy who decided to ship lithium batteries that way? Did he not know the risk? Is he stupid?

He must be if he's investing in EV's right? I mean Elon. You guys love him but how do you explain his stupidity for investing in EV's? It must cause you cognitive dissonance.

 

[WorldWatcher]

Hundreds of drivers were stuck for hours at a dead standstill on the highway amid 100-degree heat because of another EV fail. A crucial highway connecting between Los Angeles and Las Vegas was closed for over 30 hours in intense heat. A tractor trailer carrying EV lithium ion batteries overturned and caught on fire. Due to the lithium-ion, water could not be added to the fire, so the batteries must be left to burn out on their own. The immediate concern was for the air quality in the region due to the highly toxic hydrogen cyanide, chlorine, and sulfur dioxide released into the air from the fire.

So far, all attempts to move the burned out 75,000 pound container have failed due to the enormous weight.

Another brilliant victory for the environment and climate change!!! Thank God this happened in California.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/27/us/interstate-15-california-las-vegas-hazmat-fire/index.html

Just a couple of things after reading the linked article.

#1 You said the truck was carrying EV Lithium Ion Batteries, that's not in the story. It says it was carrying Lithium Ion Batteries and there are many things that take such batteries. Just as pagers. LOL

#2 Are the California and Nevada Highway Patrol idiots? I was in a situation outside Richmond VA recently where the highway was closed because of a tractor trailer accident (not carrying Lithium Ion Batteries). the State police quickly went back to the last exit, closed the highway and began detouring people and used the periodic emergency vehcile cross overs to then work back up the traffic jam and turn people around.

I've driven that stretch of highway before and I know exists are not as close together as in the eastern US, the point is keeping the jam from expanding and getting people turned around and mobile again.

WW

 

[Cellblock2429]

He must be if he's investing in EV's right? I mean Elon. You guys love him but how do you explain his stupidity for investing in EV's? It must cause you cognitive dissonance.

/—-/ Listen moron. Every great invention had its drawbacks in the beginning. Ford’s model T was hard to start, the windshield shattered on impact throwing shards of glass in the passengers eyes, and the steering wheel was a death trap in a collision. All these problems were eventually resolved and by the late 20s the cars were relatively safe.
But you, a full blown loser, who never created anything, never produced a product, created jobs or wealth, call Musk stupid.
You blithering idiot.

 

[sealybobo]

/—-/ Listen moron. Every great invention had its drawbacks in the beginning. Ford’s model T was hard to start, the windshield shattered on impact throwing shards of glass in the passengers eyes, and the steering wheel was a death trap in a collision. All these problems were eventually resolved and by the late 20s the cars were relatively safe.
But you, a full blown loser, who never created anything, never produced a product, created jobs or wealth, call Musk stupid.
You blithering idiot.

Then you're on my side!!!! Don't you see???? Republicans here say EV's are stupid, waste of money, more expensive than gas and we SHOULD NOT BOTHER.

Sounds like you and me agree. It just took Elon Musk to bring us together.

Just like it took Trump to get AOC and Dick Cheney to endorse the same candidate. Who would have ever thought. Trump is uniting us.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

I was talking about EVs with my son and the thing we do not understand is why they did not make a huge push for hybrids first, get people use to them and let the technology for EVs get more advanced, and then push for EVs

 

[Cellblock2429]

Then you're on my side!!!! Don't you see???? Republicans here say EV's are stupid, waste of money, more expensive than gas and we SHOULD NOT BOTHER.

Sounds like you and me agree. It just took Elon Musk to bring us together.

Just like it took Trump to get AOC and Dick Cheney to endorse the same candidate. Who would have ever thought. Trump is uniting us.

/----/ No, you idiot. There is no one size fits-all for personal transportation. EVs have a place, as well as ICE and hybrids.

 

[scruffy]

/----/ No, you idiot. There is no one size fits-all for personal transportation. EVs have a place, as well as ICE and hybrids.

I know the perfect place.

Right under an 18 wheeler.