Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
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Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
#2Don't let this make you think this is a general feature of electric buses. There is an electric bus fleet (at least 20 buses, probably more) in Hradec Kralove, CZ for 5+ years now and it has never caught fire - and it's always the best bus ride I ever had, and it's also much better for the city environment (I mean loudness and smell)...
Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
#3Here is a video of the fire : https://www.leparisien.fr/video/video-bus-en-feu-a-paris-reg...
Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
#4> the company says the buses are "fitted with a new generation of batteries... with high energy density and optimal safety" spread around the roof and rear of the vehicle.
Placing batteries in the floor makes perfect sense for lowering the centre of gravity; why would you want to spread them to the roof (which is where the video shows the fire erupting) ?
Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
#5Don't let this make you think this is a general feature of electric buses. There is an electric bus fleet (at least 20 buses, probably more) in Hradec Kralove, CZ for 5+ years now and it has never caught fire - and it's always the best bus ride I ever had, and it's also much better for the city environment (I mean loudness and smell)...
Here's an article (+video) about a non-electric bus that caught fire.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-01-12/cctv-captures-sydney-...
Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
#6> the company says the buses are "fitted with a new generation of batteries... with high energy density and optimal safety" spread around the roof and rear of the vehicle. Placing batteries in the floor makes perfect sense for lowering the centre of gravity; why would you want to spread them to the roof (which is where the video shows the fire erupting) ?
The floor of the bus needs to be as low as possible to make it easier for elderly or otherwise disabled people to get on and off.
Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
#7> the company says the buses are "fitted with a new generation of batteries... with high energy density and optimal safety" spread around the roof and rear of the vehicle. Placing batteries in the floor makes perfect sense for lowering the centre of gravity; why would you want to spread them to the roof (which is where the video shows the fire erupting) ?
Having a fire bursting up though the roof of the bus in unfortunate. Having a fire bursting up though the floor is a problem...
Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
#8Don't let this make you think this is a general feature of electric buses. There is an electric bus fleet (at least 20 buses, probably more) in Hradec Kralove, CZ for 5+ years now and it has never caught fire - and it's always the best bus ride I ever had, and it's also much better for the city environment (I mean loudness and smell)...
All motorized vehicles can catch fire.
Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
#9in Prague they recently bought 14 new electric Skoda buses (Czech/Turkish production), introduced them with big media attention into operation just this year and after few weeks they are ALL out of operation, because apparently someone designing them thought he can just use regular bus frame and put 3 tons of batteries on the roof without strengthening the frame, but while you find dozens articles about amazing new electric buses being introduced you will have trouble to find articles about them being taken out of operation few weeks later, it's not so catchy for media/politicians as amazing new electric buses
https://zdopravy.cz/mimo-provoz-dpp-musel-odstavit-vsech-14-...
Re: Paris suspends electric bus fleet after two fires
#10Don't let this make you think this is a general feature of electric buses. There is an electric bus fleet (at least 20 buses, probably more) in Hradec Kralove, CZ for 5+ years now and it has never caught fire - and it's always the best bus ride I ever had, and it's also much better for the city environment (I mean loudness and smell)...
Except that it is next to impossible to stop a fully charged battery fire.
The most efficient way is to throw the vehicle in a pool of water. But even if you manage this feat, the battery can catch fire again once remove from water.