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Electric Bus Saves the Planet

submitted by deleted to videos 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 19:10:41 ago (+19/-2)     (videos)

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[ - ] WhiteGoat 6 points 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 20:18:43 ago (+6/-0)

I'm not even mad. I'm impressed.

[ - ] Majiqai 1 point 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 21:32:24 ago (+1/-0)

I couldn't make a fire that impressive even if I wanted to.

[ - ] 9000timesempty 1 point 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 20:50:42 ago (+1/-0)

Lol. That's a gas burn not a lithium or battery burn.

[ - ] ruck_feddit 1 point 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 23:03:34 ago (+1/-0)

Honest question: buses store gas in the roof?

[ - ] localsal 2 points 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 23:18:03 ago (+2/-0)

It doesn't look like gasoline (petrol), more like a LNG type. "Cleaner" energy, and as the LNG boils off it pressurizes any volume it finds, and then forms an escape when it burns through.

[ - ] ruck_feddit 1 point 3.2 yearsApr 20, 2022 00:22:52 ago (+1/-0)

I agree it looks more like an LP torch than gasoline. My question is why do they store it in the roof? I've never heard of that.

[ - ] localsal 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 20, 2022 00:40:00 ago (+0/-0)

Not sure exactly where the LNG is stored, but I would guess it is down low, with the piping to the engine running in the unused spaces and maybe the roof area.

If a pipe burst, I would guess the frame and roof of the bus are self contained and the gasses get boiled off to that area, and then burst out.

I would think a full day of bus routes would store a lot of LNG, making the fire last a long time and pressurize a lot of the piping compartments.

[ - ] Nein 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 22:18:47 ago (+0/-0)

Got to push the agenda though

[ - ] Egg_whitey 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 20, 2022 04:10:33 ago (+0/-0)

I remember when an LP bus blew up at my old college. I wasn't attending at the time but I saw the videos. Blew up right outside the science building.

[ - ] Optional_Reading 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 20, 2022 01:43:51 ago (+0/-0)

Mostly cosmetic damage

[ - ] jigganiggaboo 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 20, 2022 01:15:44 ago (+0/-0)

I was thinking to myself before clicking"Its probably on fire" Clicked on it and surely enough its on fire

[ - ] shitface9000 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 20, 2022 00:42:43 ago (+0/-0)

that's a normal part of maintenance ffs.

[ - ] shitface9000 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 20, 2022 00:41:58 ago (+0/-0)

I thought you got banned or something

[ - ] deleted 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 22, 2022 17:39:37 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] Trumpman1488 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 23:56:13 ago (+0/-0)

I would definitely be standing there.

[ - ] SocksOnCats 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 21:04:26 ago (+0/-0)

Hmm. Although I recognize this is not a battery fire, I wonder if a subsonic 22 would pierce a rooftop lithium battery on one of these busses at 100 yards.

Anyone know anything about those busses and batteries?

[ - ] Her0n 1 point 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 22:42:10 ago (+1/-0)

As an electrician I can say that lithium ion batteries are not known for their bulletproof abilities

[ - ] spasswerk 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 20:22:57 ago (+0/-0)

Full story? Was this a battery fire or was there another fuel used in conjunction? Inquiring minds want to know!

[ - ] MAGANDN 2 points 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 20:49:26 ago (+2/-0)

I've seen this before and it's the propane tanks I believe.

[ - ] spasswerk 2 points 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 21:10:23 ago (+2/-0)

So, not actually an electric vehicle. It really looked like propane or LNG.

[ - ] Master_Foo 0 points 3.2 yearsApr 19, 2022 19:57:06 ago (+0/-0)

I wonder how many normal buses explode and we never hear about it because "it's normal"?

Well, I wen't down this rabbit hole, and I found out that it really doesn't matter. A bus fire is entertaining regardless.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bus+fire