schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 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-square104fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down123file-text
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minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·4 hours agoExcept their weight which leads to insane amounts of energy transfer and also none of the intrastructure, like guardrails, is built to handle that much weight so low down. The way to safer is to reduce the amount of cars.
minus-squareAsetru@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 hours agoFirst time I ever heard about guardrails having issues with EVs. Do you have a source for that? Also the comment was about the fire risk, which the article was about.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·3 hours ago The way to safer is to reduce the amount of cars. Hersey! Blasphemy! Unamerican!
Except their weight which leads to insane amounts of energy transfer and also none of the intrastructure, like guardrails, is built to handle that much weight so low down.
The way to safer is to reduce the amount of cars.
First time I ever heard about guardrails having issues with EVs. Do you have a source for that?
Also the comment was about the fire risk, which the article was about.
Hersey! Blasphemy! Unamerican!