"SOLID-STATE" BATTERY MAY HAVE CAUSED MAJOR FIRE IN STUTTGART BUS DEPOT
On 30 September 2021 the Stuttgart fire brigade was alerted to a fire on the premises of the Stuttgarter Straßenbahn AG (SSB) marketresearchtelecast.com/charging-elect…
A total of around 15 buses were in full fire at the time of notification of the fire brigade, and ultimately 25 buses were destroyed
The investigating LKA are currently assuming that a technical defect during the charging process of an electric bus could have triggered the fire
The Baden-Württemberg State Criminal Police Office (LKA) determined this on the basis of the fire alarm system and the associated temperature sensors
Appraisers should investigate the burned-out bus further, the investigation is ongoing
At the beginning of this year Daimler delivered two E-Citaro buses to the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB), which are equipped with solid-state batteries
An SSB employee discovered flames on the roof of a bus
Diesel hybrid and electric buses have their batteries on the roof
Solid-state batteries are characterized by a high energy density and a particularly long service life, explains Daimler
They are optionally available for the eCitaro
Chemically, they are lithium polymer batteries
Since the usually liquid electrolyte here is in a solid form, they are referred to as solid-state batteries
The eCitaro G has a total capacity of 441 kWh
However, solid-state batteries are only suitable for rapid charging to a very limited extent, notes Daimler
Fires had already broken out in bus depots in Hanover and Düsseldorf
No clear cause has yet been found for these fires
Hamburg’s CDU parliamentary group called for more fire protection for e-bus depots in June
Fires in electric vehicles cannot be extinguished in the same way as with conventional vehicles
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VW bosses want to radically rebuild their main plant in Wolfsburg to compete against Tesla
Last Thursday Volkswagen boss Herbert Diess and brand boss Ralf Brandstätter called all 120 top managers together in Wolfsburg for a crisis meeting businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/kam…
Compared to Tesla and Chinese manufacturers, VW is too expensive and slow, they stressed
Now it is time to take up the "fight against Grünheide"
Therefore the plans for the main plant in Wolfsburg are to be revised and made more radical
In order to keep up, old buildings would probably soon be demolished and new ones erected
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