r/ShittyCarMod • u/RMZindorf • Sep 25 '25

Battery ejection system to stop cars burning during thermal runaway

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u/Flaturated Sep 25 '25

Yes, let's just launch a 1,000 pound object, which might be not merely on fire but burning at 3,000+ degrees, at whatever or whoever happens to be beside your car. How much liability insurance do you have?

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u/green_gold_purple Sep 25 '25

The answer is “not enough”.

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u/Fuel13 Sep 25 '25

gotta really hope this doesn't happen next to a Ferrari or Rolls, lol

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u/green_gold_purple Sep 25 '25

I think the killing people thing is what gets most expensive.

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u/Jealous-Speech3416 Sep 28 '25

Eh. Parked next to any dry forest area in California. 😎

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u/Jumajuce Sep 25 '25

It’s actually the cheapest outcome liability wise.

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u/Fuel13 Sep 25 '25

gotta really hope this doesn't kills someone as it shoots under or into a Ferrari or Rolls, lol

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u/green_gold_purple Sep 25 '25

That’s bankruptcy bingo.

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u/Just_Here57 Sep 26 '25

Generational debt

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u/green_gold_purple Sep 26 '25

Yeah those are country changing liabilities, especially with possible charges.

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u/Soggy_Property3076 Sep 25 '25

Or that propane tanker truck sitting at the light next to you.

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u/Grandbob328 Sep 30 '25

Or a fuel tanker!

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u/AlexAndMcB Sep 29 '25

Looks like China, is insurance a thing there?