[gimlet]

Originally Posted by Mongolian60 ↗

Man that takes Crispy Fried Peking Duck to whole new level. I wonder if they charge extra for sauce too.

No, but McDonalds the world over are experiencing outages of sweet & sour Chicken McNugget sauce. Seems people everywhere are eating lithium battery fire victims because they are free and already cooked/ready to eat, just need some seasoning / McNugget sauce.

[terrence]

News

A video of an electric bicycle battery exploding in an elevator has been widely circulated recently, giving many netizens a "warning lesson." It is understood that the Guangdong man who was severely burned at the time unfortunately died 26 days later despite being rescued. After identification, the exploded battery was an illegal secondary processing modified battery, and the family of the deceased was compensated more than 1.01 million yuan (RMB, the same below, approximately US$140,000). Netizens said, "It's so scary. Don't bring the battery into the house."

People's Daily Online reported that the incident occurred on October 8, 2021, in a residential area in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. A 58-year-old resident, Chen N., walked into the elevator carrying a battery. As soon as he pressed the door close button, the battery exploded. Before going out, the man told his wife that the battery was hot and he planned to take it outside to cool down. Unexpectedly, the tragedy happened as soon as he entered the elevator. The accident determination report from the fire department showed that the cause of the fire was thermal runaway of the lithium battery of the electric bicycle.

[terrence]

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The family later sued the electric vehicle production company, the seller and the community property company, claiming more than 1.49 million yuan.

The Guangzhou Haizhu District People's Court held that the production company and property company involved in the case should not be liable for compensation, and that the deceased himself violated the rules for using electric vehicles by taking the battery home to charge, which was at fault and should bear corresponding liability.

The court ruled that Zhang N., who sells electric vehicles, bears 70% of the responsibility for the accident, and the deceased Chen N. bears 30% of the responsibility. Zhang N. must pay more than 1.01 million yuan in compensation.

The evidence shows that the product certificate and instructions for use attached to the vehicle were issued by Company A, and the battery stated on the product certificate was produced by Company B. After identification by the court, the exploded battery was an illegal secondary processing modified battery and was inconsistent with the comparison sample. Therefore, the exploded battery involved in the case was not produced by Company B. At the same time, the battery sold by Company A for electric bicycles was not the battery involved in the case. Therefore, neither Company A nor Company B should be liable for compensation.

The property management company of the community rescued Chen N. from the elevator about 7 minutes after the accident. There was no problem that the rescue was not timely, and it should not be liable for compensation.

Zhang N. appealed, and the second instance was dismissed and the original verdict was upheld.

[Morkskog]

The paramedic:

- I think he might still be alive, so I will proceed to take a picture.

[Bletch]

Originally Posted by terrence ↗

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The family later sued the electric vehicle production company, the seller and the community property company, claiming more than 1.49 million yuan.

The Guangzhou Haizhu District People's Court held that the production company and property company involved in the case should not be liable for compensation, and that the deceased himself violated the rules for using electric vehicles by taking the battery home to charge, which was at fault and should bear corresponding liability.

The court ruled that Zhang N., who sells electric vehicles, bears 70% of the responsibility for the accident, and the deceased Chen N. bears 30% of the responsibility. Zhang N. must pay more than 1.01 million yuan in compensation.

The evidence shows that the product certificate and instructions for use attached to the vehicle were issued by Company A, and the battery stated on the product certificate was produced by Company B. After identification by the court, the exploded battery was an illegal secondary processing modified battery and was inconsistent with the comparison sample. Therefore, the exploded battery involved in the case was not produced by Company B. At the same time, the battery sold by Company A for electric bicycles was not the battery involved in the case. Therefore, neither Company A nor Company B should be liable for compensation.

The property management company of the community rescued Chen N. from the elevator about 7 minutes after the accident. There was no problem that the rescue was not timely, and it should not be liable for compensation.

Zhang N. appealed, and the second instance was dismissed and the original verdict was upheld.

This reassures my confidence in Chinese products

[monkuar]

shit like this really makes me believe life is just a big RNG based game

[DinoRex27]

Originally Posted by wxeye ↗

It is amazing that with all the batteries that are transported by plane that no big fire like this has ever happened. Sure, some small battery fires but not like this.

Most are not transported by plane except for in special cargo areas supposedly designed with li ion storage in mind and proper labeling and certain capacity limits (mah) for totals. But with third world countries lying about specs and what things do or don’t have lithium ion cells in them I imagine at some point we will here of a mail flight going down. Some of the batteries in the scooters and bikes hold massive for there size amounts of energy. What’s our local fire departments doing to combat this scenario in a bad wreck? Also does the greater hunk of dense mass in an all EV lead to more devastating impacts at highway speeds? Some of the sedans weigh more than you’d think for their size even with using less overall metal components due to having practically a giant prism of dense explodable material. And water only makes worse.

[Lynex]

Originally Posted by terrence ↗

News

A video of an electric bicycle battery exploding in an elevator has been widely circulated recently, giving many netizens a "warning lesson." It is understood that the Guangdong man who was severely burned at the time unfortunately died 26 days later despite being rescued. After identification, the exploded battery was an illegal secondary processing modified battery, and the family of the deceased was compensated more than 1.01 million yuan (RMB, the same below, approximately US$30,000). Netizens said, "It's so scary. Don't bring the battery into the house."

People's Daily Online reported that the incident occurred on October 8, 2021, in a residential area in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. A 58-year-old resident, Chen N., walked into the elevator carrying a battery. As soon as he pressed the door close button, the battery exploded. Before going out, the man told his wife that the battery was hot and he planned to take it outside to cool down. Unexpectedly, the tragedy happened as soon as he entered the elevator. The accident determination report from the fire department showed that the cause of the fire was thermal runaway of the lithium battery of the electric bicycle.

1.01 million RMB, which is approximately equivalent to 140,000 US dollars, not 30,000.

[bando21]

Evil

[Paupercool1]

Originally Posted by nudibranches646 ↗

That battery had been patiently waiting to do that its entire life.

It seemed a bit personal lol