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BYD has developed a technology to eject the battery upon a severe crash in order to prevent fires or explosions.
Tesla has developed a technology to suspend the self driving mode milliseconds before crash so they legally aren't liable when the car catches fire or explodes.
@ErikUden wtf and where does the battery fly?
Sideways, as far as possible from the car (generally some ten meters away): youtube.com/watch?v=fONifDOCoA…
It's some progress sure, but it, too, stinks of putting the responsibility elsewhere.
@csolisr okay so my first thought, being in a left area, is you've just launched that into a path of a car coming the other way, which presumably responded by launching a lithium bomb back at you.
But then I figured maybe this built for the right-side world, in which case …the curb? that's just hit the curb at speed right? So it's not really gone anywhere and is probably more likely to explode?
In either case motorways are an issue
This is all like the exact opposite of the first rule of first aid: let's make as many casualties as possible!
Exactly the reason why I reacted in the same way as Tesla's attempt: it's clearly an attempt at taking the responsibility off of them. But at least on BYD's case it can be barely construed as a safety measure, instead of a clearly shameless relinquishing of legal responsibility.
@ErikUden innovations under capitalism!
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