On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:40:29 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:39:44 -0400, Dana M. Hague
d(dash)m(dash)hague(at)comcast(dot)net wrote in
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safety if the batteries are damaged in a crash is still an issue.

I would think the hazard somewhat less than gasoline.

The battery can produce it's own ignition source.


You have a point. While a source of ignition (sparking wires, hot
muffler?) is required to ignite post-crash gasoline fumes, it would
take an un-fused short circuit or significant deformation of a battery
to potentially ignite a lithium battery. Granted, if the crash occurs
as a result of fuel exhaustion, there is little fire hazard, while the
lithium would always be aboard.