"At an event earlier this month, new technology was demonstrated on Chery’s iCar 03 that can see a vehicle’s high-voltage battery ejected 3-6 metres away within a second of thermal runaway being detected.

It’s ejected from the vehicle using a gas generator, much in the same way as an airbag works, with the idea to get the battery away from vehicle occupants before it catches fire.

In the demonstration video, shared across Chinese media including cnBeta, the battery is ejected with a bang into a nearby pit and then quickly shrouded.

However, there are naturally concerns over the high-speed ejection of a battery weighing potentially several hundred kilograms."

https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/the-new-unusual-solution-to-ev-fires-high-...

What's not to like? Instead of maybe burning the bloke who bought the EV, just pass it to the bloke walking past. Like pass the parcel in an Irish pub.

Imagine the explosive force required to eject several hundred kilos of battweries.

That quote is funny. EV fire on a busy highway at 5pm, what are they gunna do?

Yes Yadda,
imagine going down a freeway at 100km/hr and the heavy battery is ejected and
hits head on with oncoming vehicles also travelling at 100km/hr.
The closing speed is 200km/hr.

There is no way the Australian design rules would allow that.