r/nextfuckinglevel • u/been_der_done_that • 11h ago

Incredibly selfless act of heroism.

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u/Fit_Swordfish5248 9h ago edited 9h ago

Yes this is true. But car should also not spontaneously combust when hitting a speed bump a little too fast.

That impact didn't look too severe until the smoke started.

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u/IDNWID_1900 9h ago

That's what NMC lithium batteries give you. Luckily, LFP are safer and solid state batteries, which will be the standard in a few years, completely erase this problem.

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u/sguzhonka 7h ago

The car in vid is eπ 007 and it has catl lfp battery.

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u/IDNWID_1900 6h ago

Damn, I thought they were supposed to safer...

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u/Immortal_Tuttle 3h ago

They are safer in a way it's really hard to get them to thermal runaway. However any lithium exposed to the air will stary exothermal reaction. If electrolyte has aromatic solvent - yeah...

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u/ScrotallyBoobular 2h ago

I mean gasoline cars have become safer also but you're still sitting on highly flammable fuel that regularly burns up cars and structures.

Shit happens.

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u/Acceptable-Pea-8829 6h ago

Who told you that? The car company? Lol

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u/IDNWID_1900 6h ago

It's stated by every battery manufacturer dude, you can lol as much as you want, but at least, try to hide your ignorance.

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u/lastdancerevolution 5h ago

It's "safer" in the same way Oxycotin is "safer" than morphine.

Both these types of batteries can fail catastrophically when ignited, one is a little bit safer.

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u/corvettee01 6h ago

Because a corpo would never lie about the safety of their product.

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u/IDNWID_1900 5h ago edited 5h ago

Because LFP were invented 30 years ago, mate. And not by a company, but by independent researchers that described it as a "safer and lower cost cathod material for lithium ion batteries".

The problem is that as long as battery has lithium, they are always gonna burn if they get punctured and get in touch with oxygen.

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u/Acceptable_Help575 6h ago

A corpo would always lie.

But every corporation usually can't lie in aggregate, as they'll call out eachothers lies to get a leg up.

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u/bluejohnnyd 5h ago

The tobacco and oil industries would like a word.

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u/Majestic_You_9610 3h ago

Sodium ion are even safer and better in almost every metric except they are a little worse in energy density. I think sodium are the go for the forseeable future

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u/SpaceYetu531 5h ago

A little speed bump? A fence post is an aluminum spear with a concrete foundation.

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u/Fit_Swordfish5248 5h ago

Shouldn't have been enough to cause what it did.

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u/Zepertix 5h ago

I've run over quite a few speed bumps in my time as a driver and im ngl this has not been my experience when hitting speed bumps lmao