Waymo didn’t switch to Sodium? I would have thought they’d use the newer batteries to save money.
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naticus@lemmy.world 3 days agoThey’d probably love to, but wouldn’t. Lithium fires could make a bigger problem than slowly going around them.
unphazed@lemmy.world 3 days ago
naticus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Afaik, no they haven’t. Everything I’ve seen said they’re on lithium.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
police literally have a pusher on the front of their cars for shit like this
naticus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Yeah, “push” rather than ram. Lithium fires take 10-30x more water than a conventional fire, something that firefighters are wary of containing.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s literally called a ram
naticus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Lol this is a “can/should” argument here. Just because they CAN ram the car doesn’t mean they should. Crushing damage to batteries in EVs can be insanely costly. I wasn’t exaggerating by the 10x-30x needed water for extinguishing an EV vs ICE.