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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

But MSB’s Per-Ola Malmqvist has developed webinars that explain how to safely put out battery fires. In a 2022 webinar, he described the tools and techniques that were used to put out a raging EV battery fire in 10 minutes using only 750 liters of water. “With electric vehicles, they don’t have as much training and knowledge.”

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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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