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Post by Fogg on Mar 2, 2022 21:20:28 GMT 12
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Post by Fogg on Mar 2, 2022 21:22:32 GMT 12
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Post by ComfortZone on Mar 3, 2022 7:23:07 GMT 12
wait till vehicles/marine transport fuelled by hydrogen get established, that stuff is seriously tricky to manage
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Post by jim on Mar 3, 2022 8:03:05 GMT 12
A mate of mine (a pilot) has serious reservations regarding electric aircraft - a battery fire basically means everyone would have to jump
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Post by OLD ROPE 👀 on Mar 3, 2022 9:04:48 GMT 12
Ten years ago bio fuel was the future.... It still is!
Grow your fuel - green the planet - keep your engine's
Mate of mine is a mechanic and he works on EVs for Tesla in the USA.
They are the most unreliable cars he has worked on. Business is great.
Batteries are only part of the problem. Electronics are a concern, as is the comms links with Tesla.
I predict long haul EPs will fail, replaced by the next fad.
The next Fad...
Nuclear?.... Oops change the letters Unclear?
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Post by em on Mar 5, 2022 8:22:35 GMT 12
A mate of mine (a pilot) has serious reservations regarding electric aircraft - a battery fire basically means everyone would have to jump Avgas fire has serious consequences too , the wings are full of the stuff |
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Post by Fogg on Mar 5, 2022 8:58:15 GMT 12
A mate of mine (a pilot) has serious reservations regarding electric aircraft - a battery fire basically means everyone would have to jump Avgas fire has serious consequences too , the wings are full of the stuff But the risks & causes of avgas fires are much better understood. It’s the unknowns around battery fires that causes concern. |
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Post by Fogg on Mar 5, 2022 9:04:10 GMT 12
Mate of mine is a mechanic and he works on EVs for Tesla in the USA. They are the most unreliable cars he has worked on. Business is great. Batteries are only part of the problem. Electronics are a concern, as is the comms links with Tesla. That’s always been the case with any ground-breaking bleeding-edge technology. If it’s not hitting big teething problems it probably isn’t innovative enough. They will smooth it out and either Tesla will thrive or another one will emerge to supersede them. I doubt that will happen in the foreseeable future though because Musk understands the key to staying ahead in this race is…. speed. Nobody else can keep up with either the scale of R&D $ investment or the long-leash his engineers have to make mistakes and learn on the journey to finding new solutions. |
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Post by fish on Mar 5, 2022 10:20:28 GMT 12
Mate of mine is a mechanic and he works on EVs for Tesla in the USA. I don't believe this. Surely if he worked on Teslas, he'd be an electrician, not a mechanic? |
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Post by ComfortZone on Mar 5, 2022 12:26:09 GMT 12
Mate of mine is a mechanic and he works on EVs for Tesla in the USA. I don't believe this. Surely if he worked on Teslas, he'd be an electrician, not a mechanic? I understand, at least in NZ, only Tesla can work on Tesla's. No one else in the trade will touch them There is alot of debate about this but it is suggested you do not so much buy a Tesla as buy a licence to use it www.torquenews.com/14093/turns-out-tesla-owners-technically-do-not-own-their-cars |
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Post by OLD ROPE 👀 on Mar 5, 2022 14:56:17 GMT 12
Mate of mine is a mechanic and he works on EVs for Tesla in the USA. I don't believe this. Surely if he worked on Teslas, he'd be an electrician, not a mechanic? he's a electronics technician. I just call them mechanics out of habit... After all there are still brakes, wheel bearings, suspension... |
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Post by El Toro on Mar 6, 2022 15:49:42 GMT 12
Is the second PCC in about 18 months to go this way, probably due to EV batteries... is going to make a world of pain for shippers with their insurance companies.
The ships dont pump air into the main decking areas when underway, so any other fire is extremely unlikely
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Post by ComfortZone on Mar 6, 2022 20:07:53 GMT 12
Is the second PCC in about 18 months to go this way, probably due to EV batteries... is going to make a world of pain for shippers with their insurance companies. The ships dont pump air into the main decking areas when underway, so any other fire is extremely unlikely Insurers and building owners are looking very closely at the increased potential increase in risk from EV's being parked in apartments and underground garages. Main concern is that it is currently impossible to extinguish a burning Li battery fire, the firemen just have to let it burn and keep it cool, which can take many hours if not days. The idea of having a fire burning like this in the bottom of the building is causing alot of concern. I can also see a potential issue with the fast chargers, which is high current DC charging. Normally where you have high current you must have all connections bolted, however for obvious reasons the EV's charging cables have plugs. Once you get a bit of corrosion on the plugs or maybe a loose cable you have potential for a big arc which could start an electrical fire. |
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Post by El Toro on Apr 5, 2022 16:16:04 GMT 12
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Post by GO30 on Apr 6, 2022 18:58:50 GMT 12
Yeap.
I got an email from our freight team talking about lithiums which went on about the fast growing transport issues around them and how many are just not going to move them. Ships were deemed safe but after many incidents, including thee sinkings, the industry is re-evaluating where they will go now.
Airlines only use a few aircraft to carry lithium and never ever on a passenger aircraft.
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