Chinese legislation: "from July 2026, batteries will have to be incapable of igniting or exploding, even in the event of a major fault."
***** "While statistics show that electric cars do not catch fire more frequently than their combustion-powered counterparts, the visual impact and complexity of extinguishing these incidents is a major concern. ... This perception, although unrelated to the actual figures, is a significant obstacle to the mass adoption of electric vehicles." ***** "China has decided to impose a safety standard of unprecedented stringency. The new mandatory standard, called GB38031-2025 , which will come into force on 1 July 2026, is unequivocal: lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles marketed in China must not catch fire or explode. This requirement applies even in the critical case of thermal runaway of one or more cells." ***** "Chinese giant CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited), was quick to announce that it had already cleared this hurdle. " Full story: https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/10/china-has-just-solved-one-of-the- biggest-problems-with-electric-cars-by-launching-batteries-guaranteed-to-be- fire-and-explosion-free/ shortcut: https://cntp.me/YfabQ4u David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = It is well known (Potts, 2014; Catcher, 2014) that the internet is made of cats. The net is a series of tubes (Stevens, 2006) through which cats carry information in packets (Butterworth, 2011). The failure modes have been less well studied. Several exist, but to date the most researched are fracture, disjunc- tion, and joule-based disruption. FRACTURE causes complete regional internet failure. It occurs when construction or other human activity severs or collapses an underground tunnel through which the cats travel. The symptom of DISJUNCTION is high lat- ency; the usual cause is hooligans placing containers of tuna or cream at tunnel junctions. Data corruption results from JOULE- BASED DISRUPTION, caused by the static charge that accumulates as long-haired cats speed through the tunnels. This shocks the cats, who drop their packets. -- Lolapin (2020) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
