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Title: Solar-powered cars. Death traps?
Post by: Nickbat on 19 July 2011, 22:52:44
http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_803a17e6-afd8-11e0-bedd-001cc4c03286.html

..and there was me thinking that petrol was dangerous.  ;) ;D
Title: Re: Solar-powered cars. Death traps?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 19 July 2011, 23:08:52
Mental note to add a few circuit breakers to the next design.. And stop buying Li-Ion batteries from Dell. ;D
Title: Re: Solar-powered cars. Death traps?
Post by: Ken T on 19 July 2011, 23:15:43
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Mental note to add a few circuit breakers to the next design.. And stop buying Li-Ion batteries from Dell. ;D


Or HP, who are on their 2nd , or is it 3rd recall for the same battery packs  :D

ken
Title: Re: Solar-powered cars. Death traps?
Post by: aaronjb on 20 July 2011, 07:32:16
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http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_803a17e6-afd8-11e0-bedd-001cc4c03286.html

..and there was me thinking that petrol was dangerous.  ;) ;D

Built by students...

Hopefully none of them will get a job designing the future electric cars..  ;D
Title: Re: Solar-powered cars. Death traps?
Post by: Plomien on 20 July 2011, 07:47:01
It was made in the US and probably clipped a kerb thats why it went up in flames.

at least thats what happens in the movies  :D ;D
Title: Re: Solar-powered cars. Death traps?
Post by: Osprey on 20 July 2011, 15:31:17
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http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_803a17e6-afd8-11e0-bedd-001cc4c03286.html

..and there was me thinking that petrol was dangerous.  ;) ;D

Built by students...
Hopefully none of them will get a job designing the future electric cars..  ;D

So perhaps this wasn't the only miscalculation
"Each of the 28 battery packs contains 20 small cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells - a total of 568."

 ;D
Title: Re: Solar-powered cars. Death traps?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 20 July 2011, 15:35:59
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So perhaps this wasn't the only miscalculation
"Each of the 28 battery packs contains 20 small cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells - a total of 568."

 ;D

 ;D

Here, I'll give you 2 numbers, and just to pad out my rather lame news article in case you were wondering what would happen if you multiplied them together I'll give you the answer, except I'm a journalist and, therefore, a bit of a breakwit who never checks his work, even after spending a long lunch break in the pub with my MP.... ::)
Title: Re: Solar-powered cars. Death traps?
Post by: aaronjb on 20 July 2011, 15:39:52
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http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_803a17e6-afd8-11e0-bedd-001cc4c03286.html

..and there was me thinking that petrol was dangerous.  ;) ;D

Built by students...
Hopefully none of them will get a job designing the future electric cars..  ;D

So perhaps this wasn't the only miscalculation
"Each of the 28 battery packs contains 20 small cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells - a total of 568."

 ;D

I bet it was the mysterious extra 8 cells that exploded, not the 560 ones they planned on having.. ;D
Title: Re: Solar-powered cars. Death traps?
Post by: Rods2 on 20 July 2011, 22:51:25
Similar article in MCN a couple of weeks ago when an electric motorbike at a race meeting caught fire and took it 8 fire extinguishers to put out with the bike totalled, where a normal bike takes less than 1!!! :D :D