By Jo Nova
Just when you thought EV’s could not get more deadly
Eric Worrall alerts us to the new experimental Burning Battery Ejectors at WattsUp.
A Chinese group has invented a James Bond style ejector for EVs to solve those embarrassing moments when the battery reaches thermal runaway, and there are no handy swimming pools to park the car in.
It seems like a great idea for all the times the EV starts to smoke while you idle next to a pit of fire retardant foam. Otherwise, it seems a bit tough on pedestrians. This could not only kill school children walking down the road, but take out their bus too.
Imagine if a hostile power had remote control over 500 kilogram covert bomb launchers, and they infiltrated our cities?
In case of thermal runaway, this proposed EV battery ejection system is designed to send a flaming, venting one-tonne battery pack several meters to the right of the vehicle … and may the gods help anything in its path.
(h/t https://t.co/QpsFvjruwZ) pic.twitter.com/Wyu5NIsuKM— Engineer Brains (@HHackenbecker) September 24, 2025
Simon who wrote Australian Climate Madness for years, first spotted the ejector battery and explains the crazy on youtube (at least as much as he can):
People would certainly learn never to park beside one.
If heavy vehicles need to beep when reversing what kind of noise should an EV make before launching?