Electric Vehicles - Response, Investigation, Recovery and Storage.

09/07/2024

No it will not work on LiON batteries in enclosed spaces!

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03/05/2024

A simple bump, nothing to see here, move on. No please don’t, we cannot ignore a potential issue from HV cabling or the battery. Not saying there will be a problem, saying there is a risk that needs controlling. KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH. Our courses like others equip responders and examiners for example, with knowledge and understanding enabling them to undertake a dynamic risk assessment to be safe. (picture from a Facebook post)

02/05/2024

Alternative Fuelled Vehicles – Fire & Safety in response, recovery. Investigation and examination course is being held on 12th June in Burnley and 19th June in Edinburgh. This 8 hour course with written assessment delves into the detail needed to undertake your role as a competent person for fire safety, investigator, examiner and recovery agent safely. It enables you to understand the potential risks posed by battery and other alternative fuelled vehicles whether it is response, storage, parking, charging or repair. From the organisation that runs the Electric Vehicle Fire Investigation Course across three continents.

11/04/2024

Another recall

Porsche Cars North America, Inc. has issued a recall for several high-voltage battery models due to a risk of short-circuiting, which may lead to fires.

11/04/2024

New data from LFB

07/04/2024

City of London have already raised the issue of hacking and this update seems to be strange at best. Why has someone written this software?

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02/04/2024

The risk is there

https://www.firerescue1.com/electric-vehicles/ev-explodes-in-garage-as-colo-firefighters-investigate-alarm?fbclid=IwAR27IkORXg2XwNkkiyTYKnlw2E5gKT1mz8WP7ipESZ3Lis0OlfMeyShx3Ts_aem_Ae2w7XDp93OB0ArB4eW18eYOIlpx7GCcxnEaoemrfqZExoZAE4Ne0QeGpm4sxGQj9NM

Boulder firefighters found the electric vehicle smoking and filled the box when it exploded

29/03/2024

Every new item has issues, presently electric vehicles seem to have a lot but Governments keep pushing the green agenda.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/more-than-3-7m-cars-road-have-park-outside-recalls?fbclid=IwAR1cdi67PYv2eKlczpiVpY8wyGx-jV6XPlzdKXetCdnT7UFm01CmhADoN5o_aem_AdsqtZhIzfWl1XSujsdV2B81TEWPDef6IRsMJJqNYI8j79yygDvVDgNaQ51Taf9GvI4

Carfax warned that there has been a surge of cars on the road that currently have active "park outside" recalls. These are considered more dangerous recalls due to the fire hazard.

28/03/2024

Another one

https://insideevs.com/news/713804/2019-jaguar-i-pace-battery-fire-risk-recall/?fbclid=IwAR3hAn0SR2fVfOT4xap8SRAT8iFHEHltQwOfu3bHZ8TZUyhifrAATsPCvpU_aem_AWAFcrP9cy9xwVTmR1v0FYgQonYMd9eMugo-5iya1thIHCUK46WlRIYq3PLlIoJhiE4

To make matters worse, Jaguar hasn’t figured out a fix for the problem yet. This is the second time the I-Pace has been recalled over a battery fire risk.