Tesla may be better at energy density, but that density make sit dangerous, such as storing many sticks of dynamite together, instead of putting them in individual boxes.
That’s not a very good, or accurate analogy. Decades ago, I possessed a restricted, (max 50lb of explosive), blasting licence.
I’ve also hauled thousands of lbs of Amex, (50lb bags), & “stick” dynamite to mining camps in the high Arctic, using aircraft. Bags were piled on pallets, & secured. Stick product looked like long sausage tubes, 50lb to a box. Today’s product is very stable, & can be safely burned for disposal.The blasters would pull a front end loader up to the cargo door & literally toss boxes from aircraft into the bucket.
Placing each bag, or stick, in its own little cigar box does not enhance safety. If it detonates, ALL the other little boxes beside it will detonate.
The Bolt batteries are more resistant to thermal runaways due to the nickel rich composition vs the older lithium ion cells.
After the incidents of new Boeing 787 Dreamliner fires,(traced to high humidity causing shorts), we were all given training on lithium combustion, & extinguishing of such.
It is not enough to just smother the fire, you need to soak it, fully, or it tends to reignite. In one demonstration, water/Coke/beer was poured onto a burning battery, successfully quelling an intense burn,(much like the strips of magnesium you lit in Grade 5 science class).,
Another demo dumped a bucket of ice onto the burn, it reignited, several times. Some airlines carry special “bags” that a burning laptop can be placed in, though that is not practical for a Bolt or Tesla.
I don’t believe there has been a Bolt fire, though there have been several Volts cook off.
Further reading here,
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug-in_electric_vehicle_fire_incidents
www.torquenews.com
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