Electric Taxi Explodes

**light2light** · May 31st, 2012 12:39 PM

I always thought that EV's are the safest cars; now I realized that bicycles are. EV's use lithium batteries;e.g. 200-300V with tremendous current. An electronic fuse could disable the batterties, however the physical destruction of the batteries constitute a serious threat to the vehicle. What is needed is a means to protect it, like the hybrid buses in Europe.

Buses running on EDSA had been known to burst into flames, so diesel engines are not that safe, either. This maybe due to negligence on maintenance procedures. A regular maintenance schedule will reduce these unwanted accidents. Ergo, since there are no safe vehicles, there's no substitute to responsible driving and proper maintenance.

**ghosthunter** · May 31st, 2012 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by light2light

Buses running on EDSA had been known to burst into flames, so diesel engines are not that safe, either. This maybe due to negligence on maintenance procedures. A regular maintenance schedule will reduce these unwanted accidents. Ergo, since there are no safe vehicles, there's no substitute to responsible driving and proper maintenance.

Diesel engines are safe, it's just the construction around the engines, hydraulic fluids & the bus itself that might be a fire hazard.

**GSHME** · June 6th, 2012 06:55 PM

Warren Buffett will be please he sunk a fortune in to this company.

**shibby75** · June 16th, 2012 03:36 AM

I intentionaly punctured a healthy 1000mah lithium poly rc battery and the resulting sparks and smoke was big enough for me to not try that stunt again.