[Caevlist] Tesla Module Fire

[Hai-Yue Han]

Hahaha, I've got nothing.

There are safer cells out there (lithium iron phosphate), and the fully
intact Tesla pack is also the safest in the industry!

It's only the incomplete packs that are a bit "fiery!"

Hai-Yue

On Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 4:16 PM <gburket at peak.org wrote:

> Hai-Yue, If you know that safer batteries are coming, could you just wink
> or something?
>
> Glenn
>
>
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> *From: *"Hai-Yue Han" <haiyuehan at gmail.com>
> *To: *"Glenn Burket" <gburket at peak.org>
> *Cc: *"Corvallis EV CLub" <caevlist at caevclub.org>
> *Sent: *Friday, November 23, 2018 3:59:58 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [Caevlist] Tesla Module Fire
>
> Yeah, it definitely looked like even the mechanical containment of the
> module was not there either; there are multiple layers of physical
> containment to prevent things like this regardless of BMS.
>
> Safety third! ;)
>
> Hai-Yue
>
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 3:08 PM <gburket at peak.org wrote:
>
>> Hi fellow EVers,
>>
>> Happy Thanksgiving and here's an early holiday gift for those of us
>> working or thinking of working with Tesla Battery modules:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdDi1haA71Q  Every time I see a new one
>> of these videos, I keep redesigning a stronger and stronger module
>> containment system. Whatever I come up with is definitely going to have to
>> involve some real-life destructive testing. Or, should I wait until safer,
>> higher energy density batteries come along? Granted, Richard and his
>> buddies didn't use a BMS or active cooling. However, the consequences of
>> this type of fire even though it might be remote when a BMS and active
>> cooling are used, are so dire it can't be ignored.
>>
>> Stay Safe, Glenn
>>
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