Vehicle battery ejection system - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Vehicle battery ejection system.




Previously:

Dropping lithium battery in water - GIF
Electric truck battery swapping - GIF
High capacity battery pack installation - GIF
Lithium battery fire containment unit - GIF
Lithium ion battery explosion - GIF

[Frank S]

If the batteries are considered dangerous enough to warrant designing an ejection system maybe people should be taking a closer look at diesel powered vehicles. If properly tuned and without all of the USA's useless restrictions a diesel-powered vehicle of comparable size and weight will regularly get 2 to 3 times better milage than a gasoline vehicle and is several times greener than an electric. Since they can last almost forever,

[mklotz]

Presumably the battery will be ejected because it is on fire. So, a flaming lithium firestorm is launched into nearby vehicles and pedestrians unless you get lucky and are in a parking structure and only burn it to the ground.

Sing it with me: Just because you can...

[Duke_of_URL]

I guess this is a good idea, unless you find yourself in the line of fire when a battery gets “rejected” by the cars’ “lowest-bidder” computer software.
Also, what good would this do if the battery is mangled in the wreckage of the car after an accident and then the explosives fail to launch their “payload?” All that energy must go somewhere, and it just might be coming into the cabin with you.

Ideas like this, and “explosive rotor blades” for helicopters never seem to gain acceptance from the community who must operate them. The Failure Modes Effects Analysis can provide several hundred reasons why the operators’ concerns are well founded.

[Frank S]

I The Failure Modes Effects Analysis can provide several hundred reasons why the operators’ concerns are well founded.

Well-founded yes, but seldom acknowledged, addressed or resolved.