Chinese buildings ban electric vehicles, citing safety concerns. (www.rfa.org)
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MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world on 10 Sep 2024 19:54 next collapse
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cygnus@lemmy.ca on 10 Sep 2024 20:20 next collapse

Do these citizens not trust their government’s thorough and stringent safety regulations?

Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip on 10 Sep 2024 20:40 collapse

its moreso that EV firefighting is a bit different than gas vehicles. if an EV fire pops up in an heavily enclosed area (e.g underground parking lot), its be significantly harder to put it out. basically EV parking will likely be banned in these areas until Liion batteries get replaced by salt ion, solid state or alternative battery that is not flammable.

Klause@discuss.tchncs.de on 11 Sep 2024 00:47 collapse

It’s literally in the article

China generally has high product safety standards on paper, but repeated failure to enforce such controls on the ground has sparked widespread mistrust of homegrown products, and a lack of official information often leads to panicked reactions among the public.

Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip on 11 Sep 2024 01:00 collapse

also in the article:

According to reports from China’s Huashang Daily and National Business Daily newspapers at the weekend, one five-star hotel in Hangzhou had banned electric vehicles from the basement parking lot, citing recent cases in which they have started fires.

“Based on the characteristics of electric vehicle fires and our hotel’s firefighting capabilities, we think it safer not to allow them into the underground garage,” the papers quoted the hotel’s security manager as saying.

Klause@discuss.tchncs.de on 11 Sep 2024 00:47 next collapse

Made in China.

linearchaos@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 2024 02:50 next collapse

To be honest, well get there too. I only hope that we get into safer battery technology before we have parking structures full of lithium ion battery banks.

Cyberjin@lemmy.world on 11 Sep 2024 04:31 collapse

If you need another reason why not to buy Chinese EVs that flooding the market with government subsidies.