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The Auto Industry Finally Has a Plan to Stop Electric Vehicle Fires | EVs can burn for days, firefighters have little or no training to deal with them, and conventional equipment isn’t effective. But new technology is being developed that should make all the difference
EVs can burn for days, firefighters have little or no training to deal with them, and conventional equipment isn’t effective. But new technology is being developed that should make all the difference.
The incident led to a series of swift policy changes in the country, including the acceleration of a planned EV battery certification program and new rules in Seoul that should prevent owners from “overcharging” their vehicles in underground parking garages. Like most new technologies, solid-state batteries face a standard list of hurdles: building supply chains to support their manufacture; perfecting the processes for mass production; and competing against lithium-ion tech. The Nevada-based company E-FireX uses an agent called “TRPL-E” that the firm says is designed to be kept in places like garages and truck beds and to tamp down on thermal runaway until fire professionals can intervene.
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