China’s EV Fire Fix Shoots Battery Into Traffic And Makes It Their Problem
***Viral video shows experimental battery ejection tech, but critics question its safety in real-world crashes ***
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EV fires, notoriously difficult to extinguish once they start, remain one of the toughest challenges for carmakers. Engineers continue racing to design battery packs resilient enough to survive crashes without igniting. In China, however, a very different approach has been showcased: a high-speed ejection system that literally launches the pack away like a projectile from the vehicle during an emergency.
If that sounds less like a safety breakthrough and more like and accident waiting to happen, you’re getting the idea. And yes, it really is that stupid.
Battery Launcher
The unusual demonstration was captured in a video that went viral on Chinese social media. The clip shows a large battery module violently shooting out of the side of an SUV before smoke appears. Safety workers quickly smothered the pack with a special blanket after it landed in a designated area with pillows.
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https://www.carscoops.com/2025/09/chinas-ev-fire-fix-shoots-battery-into-traffic-and-makes-it-their-problemOpen linkView original on lemmy.sdf.org
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Eject the warp core!
No, Shaxs
Imagine hacking the car and be able to eject everyone’s batteries while they are driving.
Let's hope it's not launched at a busy intersection with a lot of pedestrians waiting to cross the street.
Wile E. Coyote school of car design.
Let's play hot potato!
While it’s at best a hazard for a battery to eject on an urban highway, this would be really bad if it happened on a busy city street or even start forest fires in rural/heavily forested areas.
I hope they go back to the drawing board
Well, there are a lot of these batteries catching on fire around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that Chinese EVs aren’t safe.
But the front fell off!
Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.
Username checks out.
This is not yet being mass produced, and I hope it never will.
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I’m not saying it wasn’t safe, it’s just perhaps not quite as safe as some of the other ones.
Ejecto seato cuz
That's basically some guy in his back yard, except he gets funding and a fancy title, and his back yard is a warehouse or some shit.
Ah, a tankie troll.
Fuck no! It was clearly a joke. You repeat the same comment, so I did the same. By the way? Poo bear can get fucked. I'm just saying that despite it being an official safety body, this is the kinda thing a drunk redneck would think up.
And how would you get tankie from a comment making fun of a Chinese institution?
I didn't mean to offend anyone, but this is a research center.