GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other cars

Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by falcolas on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:10PM (#28547118)

So, there’s a guaranteed recipe for starting an engine fire (though from oil, not gasoline): Icy hill, and idiot drivers holding their engine at max revs for a few minutes to try and conquer them. The heat destroys the seals, oil leaks out, and combusts on the hot block.

Which makes me wonder, how would an EV handle the same poor driving conditions?

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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by gpm on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:22PM (#28547197)

I think you'd just heat up the battery pack until the cooling system couldn't keep up, and then it would automatically limit the output to prevent the battery from overheating. Apparently racing tesla's on tracks has the same thing happen.

It's not obvious to me how you could cause an ev to fail catastrophically like that, because they do have sensors to detect overheating in the battery. I guess in theory you could also do something like catch the tires on fire from too much friction...

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