4 Rivian Delivery Vehicles catch fire in OHSU parking lot

[Owner]

In Germany, they have a reinforced shipping container with no top, they fill it on location with water from a fire truck then simply forklift and dump burning EV's into it. Fire out within minutes not hours, and no chance of it starting back up again.

That seems like a lot of infrastructure for the fire departments to have on hand. Both the shipping container and a forklift, and to drag it to the site. Where in Germany is this?

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[CharonPDX]

Nio has done over 100 million battery swaps so far. It’s working well for them. But yeah, couldn’t this same tech allow the battery to drop out during an accident and let the vehicle be pushed out of the way?

Like an accident happens that pierces the battery pack, a safety sensor and/or the software detects the thermal runaway and dumps coolant on the battery or wraps it in one of those thermal blankets (like shrink wrap), and then it ejects it out of the bottom. Then the vehicle can be manually put into neutral and moved and the battery can be disposed of or uncovered in a safe location to let it burn out?

A Chinese company did patent a system that would yeet the battery pack after an accident: https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a69002497/ejectable-ev-battery/

Because screw that pedestrian!

 

[NY_Rob]

That seems like a lot of infrastructure for the fire departments to have on hand. Both the shipping container and a forklift, and to drag it to the site. Where in Germany is this?

I saw it in action on YT, I'll try to find the link..

This actually seems like a much better way to go..

 

[Robot Overlord]

I saw it in action on YT, I'll try to find the link..

This actually seems like a much better way to go..

My son is a volunteer wildland fire firefighter while he’s attending college and has been on some pretty darn large fires with 400’ plus flames over thousands of acres. He’ll graduate in December and is in the process of applying to be a structural fire firefighter near where we live. I’ll definitely share this video with him. My wife drives a 2014 BMW i3 BEV and I have a 2023 R1T. Definitely an eye-opener seeing this EV fire extinguishing video.

 

[hammick]

A few years ago there was a study done on which type of vehicles catches fire the most. According to this study it’s hybrid vehicles, then ICE vehicles, and finally BEVs. Of course back in 2022 there weren’t as many BEVs, so I would like to see an updated study that uses percentages and numbers. Of course if it’s arson that doesn’t count.

I bet EVs would still be the lowest to catch fire, but the hardest to put out. Automakers need to come up with a way to eject the battery from the chassis or flood the cells with a coolant gel or foam or something. I’m surprised to the Chinese haven’t figured this out yet.

https://insideevs.com/news/561549/study-evs-smallest-fire-risk/

Our EG4 batteries that power our house have built in fire suppression. I wonder if that tech is possible in an EV pack. Probably not enough room and too much weight. Our batteries are about 280lbs each.

 

[UnsungZero_OldTimeAdMan]

Authorities believe it's arson.

https://portlandtribune.com/2026/06...lectric-vans-in-sw-portland-near-rivian-site/

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