Lithium Batteries – Granite Grok

E-Bike Battery BBQs Man in Elevator (Graphic)

July 29, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

This is terribly tragic, and I want to be clear that the headline’s brevity (if you even agree it has some) hides a deep concern for this technology. What I’m about to share is sad. A man enters an elevator carrying what appears to be a lithium-ion e-bike battery, which spontaneously combusts moments after the … Read more

Night Cap: Ruh-Roh – Lithium Vehicle Batteries Leak “Forever Chemicals” Into The Environment

July 10, 2024July 9, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

The past few years have been plagued by all manner of professional fearmongering, not the least of which is the overuse of the term forever chemicals. It got popular with the media and “activists” at the same time the enviro-radicals were looking for a way to reduce water consumption.

Coal Coal Photo by Nick Nice on Unsplash

EV Battery Plant Uses So Much Energy – It Needs a Coal Plant to Keep it Online

October 9, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

Electric Vehicles are already impossible to make without coal. You can’t make steel without it, and there are only so many parts you can replace with polymers. Mining, moving, and processing copper, cobalt, building frames, and axels – it can’t be done. And now, Panasonic’s new EV battery plant has another coal-related problem.

Climate Consortium Says EV Batteries Need to be Smaller, Their Range Shorter

October 8, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

A consortium of ‘experts’ is making a case for Climate Change. To get there from here, we need a “71 percent reduction in personal vehicle ownership.” Why? All that rare earth metals mining is bad for the planet.

Rental cars used by Secret Service catch fire in nantucket

Exploding Vehicles are Unsafe at any Speed

August 17, 2023

by Op-Ed

The New York Fire Department recently reported that so far this year, there have been 108 lithium-ion battery fires in New York City, which have injured 66 people and killed 13. According to FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, “There is not a small amount of fire, it (the vehicle) literally explodes.” The resulting fire is “very … Read more

Shouldn’t We Talk About Lithium Battery Fire Emissions?

April 26, 2023April 25, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

Lithium batteries are dangerous. If you don’t believe me take a hazmat certification course to ship them anywhere. It’s a big deal. Lots of rules. They can’t be fully charged. Very specific packaging requirements.

Another Electric Vehicle Fail – Even Minor Collision Damage Can Equal “Junked” Vehicle

March 26, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

EVs are a miserable experiment. Not green, not affordable, not efficient, and an uncontrollable fire hazard, they can cost almost 30% more to insure, and even minor damage could mean repairs exceed the vehicle’s value, so it gets scrapped.