To protect its users from EV battery fire incidents, Audi comes up with an extinguisher technology. Patents pointing to this technology were filed with the US Patent Office and seem to be in the works. Our sources go into the details of how this new technology will work.
To achieve their aim (solving the problem of EV Battery combustion) the vehicle manufacturer put out two workable patents. The first packs each battery cell along with its sensors, which helps identify any abnormal temperature rise. Once any battery cell’s temperature goes above normal, the sensor triggers the overheating cell to switch off, hence preventing a fire outbreak.
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The second patent works together with the first patent and tackles any fire incident where an overheating cell can’t automatically turn off. Here, the vehicle’s control system detects any surge in the battery temperature, hence triggering an in-built fire extinguisher to cool off the battery. Both patents still rely on the battery cooling system to regulate the temperature and will only go off when the batteries overheat.
Currently, these patents are undergoing testing by various factories in other to determine any faults. Audi on its part will soon begin utilizing this new battery fire extinguisher technology on its next-generation electric vehicles. A few other EV manufacturers might as well make use of this technology on their vehicles once it goes into mass production
