hackernoops's comments

hackernoops · 2024-09-19T16:32:08.000000Z

Quality control checks out.

hackernoops · 2024-09-05T01:24:28.000000Z

So if the e-bus catches fire all the children burn to death? Shouldn't battery fire handling techniques be improved first?

bastawhiz · 2024-09-05T02:19:49.000000Z

In every school bus I've ridden on, two windows pop out as emergency exits, the rear door is an emergency exit, and there is at least one on the roof (in case the bus tips over). Buses are perhaps the easiest of all vehicles to evacuate in the event of an incident (except maybe motorcycles).

redundantly · 2024-09-05T01:40:01.000000Z

That's some good FUD right there.

EV battery fires don't just spontaneously and instantly burst into an all encompassing flame that destroys, maims and kills everything near it.

If it does catch on fire they will be able to evacuate. There are always at least two exits on the bus, and the windows can be used as well.

Basically, it would very similar to a standard bus fire, with the exception that it takes longer and different tactics to put out an EV fire.

m463 · 2024-09-05T01:43:48.000000Z

On television, I've noticed that most gasoline cars seem to jump into the air, rotate mid-flight and explode in a fireball.

I am waiting for electric cars to catch up in hollywood, exploding in a storm of sparks and lightning bolts.