Crashed Electric Vehicle Handling and Recommendations—State of the Art in Germany

Autor: Katharina Wöhrl, Christian Geisbauer, Christoph Nebl, Susanne Lott, Hans-Georg Schweiger
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 14, Iss 4, p 1040 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en14041040
Popis: In the near future, electric powered vehicles will represent a major part of the road traffic. Accordingly, there will be a natural increase of accidents involving electric vehicles. There are not many cases of such accidents yet and therefore the experience and correct handling are still partially open points for the involved parties, such as the rescue services for example. The aim of this work is to provide a complete overview of the accident handling sequence in Germany, starting with the damaged vehicle on site and moving on to the risks and challenges for the stakeholders, such as transport and recycling companies. Arising from the developed overview, a handling recommendation for yet undiscussed points is given. Especially, different extinguishing and deactivation methods are compared and discussed. Due to a lack of a common live-feed from battery data on site, other criteria have to be taken into account to assess the state of the battery. The wrecked vehicle—including the high voltage system—needs to be in a definite safe state at the handover to a towing service. Depending on the case, different options for securing the vehicle will be considered in this work.
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