The China Vehicle Collision Repair Technical and Research Center posted this video of their new battery ejection system for EVs for when they experience thermal runaway, and I cannot stop laughing.

The thought of launching a one-ton battery pack presently ejecting streams of hot flaming gases ten meters away is as horrifying as it is hilarious.

Good luck whoever is to my right!

#cars

@drahardja @nullpo YEET!

@drahardja this is great. SUVs used to be only able to kill people in front of them and inside of them. This finally gives them a way to attack targets to the side

@schratze @drahardja driveby bombing

@schratze @drahardja what if there were knives inside the battery

@owl @drahardja you mean like some sort of knife missile?

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Oh hell yeah this is like Death Race (2008) but woke.
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@owl @schratze @drahardja what if there were hammers inside, and it was parked near Matt Mullenweg office?
Haha just kidding

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That looks like something Secret Service will insist on installing before "The Beast" which transports POTUS is allowed to go electric.

@schratze @owl @drahardja Raytheon's lawyers are sending a takedown notice. knife missiles are THEIR thing, damnit!

@peachfiend @owl @drahardja as long as it's just a takedown notice, not a takedown missile

@schratze @peachfiend @owl @drahardja takedown missiles is oracle’s specialty

@blogdiva Do you hate pedestrians? Would you like to remove their ankles? Have we got a product for you!

@drahardja if someone tripped over this speeding battery, it would be a literal power trip

@drahardja now, hypothetically: could one just rig up the battery eject function to like a pushbutton on the dash (with a flip-up cover, of course) and launch the battery on demand?

In other words, could someone (not me) escalate a road rage event into just the most hilarious fucking situation ever?

@drahardja this is both an incredibly horrible idea and amazing

@drahardja @blogdiva this is why you don’t skip leg day - gotta be able to leap over flaming explosive projectiles when walking to the bus stop!

@drahardja Obviously the best thing to do under the circumstances is to fire the flaming, unquenchable battery at another vehicle nearby, ideally a firetruck.

@drahardja oh boy just wait for the misfires