cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoChinese EV maker BYD says new fast-charging system could be as quick as filling up a tankwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1353arrow-down112
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minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoWhat about defects in the machine or car? Could that lead to people being struck by lightning coming from the box next to their automobil?
minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoGas powered cars catch fire all the time
minus-squareInverseParallax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoFairly unlikely, we engineer things to fail safe. Even if so we have ways to calculate the power going in and coming out, and if there’s an imbalance kill everything, that’s how gfci and arc fault breakers work.
What about defects in the machine or car? Could that lead to people being struck by lightning coming from the box next to their automobil?
Gas powered cars catch fire all the time
Fairly unlikely, we engineer things to fail safe.
Even if so we have ways to calculate the power going in and coming out, and if there’s an imbalance kill everything, that’s how gfci and arc fault breakers work.