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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

Part of the fear surrounding EV battery fires has been how challenging they are to extinguish once they get started. But for the most part, the struggle comes down to applying the tried-and-true solutions to petroleum fuel problems to an electrochemical issue. For cars running on gasoline or diesel fuel, the fire rate was 0.08

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ANSI Electric Vehicles Standards Panel to host first plenary 20-21 June in Detroit

Green Car Congress

Thirty-nine public and private sector organizations have already joined the EVSP initiative, including: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Association of Global Automakers ATIS Audi AG Better Place California Public Utilities Commission Con Edison Corning Inc. The EVSP hosted a kickoff webinar on 17 May.

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