Environmental concerns, ESG, future training needs for maritime emergency response, and a status check on lithium battery fires are among topics up fo...
Environmental concerns, ESG, future training needs for maritime emergency response, and a status check on lithium battery fires are among topics for discussion
President Biden wants to mandate that nearly ALL new cars sold in the U.S. be EVs by 2032. If that happens, many thousands of Americans may die or will be inured from electric vehicle fires.
Every good thing has a bad side, and as the world embraces the marvels of going electric, lithium-ion batteries are a constant headache to auto manufactu...
and while airliners can easily download satellite data for internet and tv, uploading data requires pinpoint accuracy from a fast-moving plane. multiply that across a sky full of planes, and it taxes band with and airline budgets. >> i think you start with the premise that you want this technology if you want to evolve with respect to airplanes, out of radar contact for long periods of time. that is transoceanic flights. >> one of the many theories of what brought the plane down is fire. in fact, the faa is urging the world's airlines to ban large laptops from checked luggage because of the potential for lithium battery fires. mh-370 was carrying 487 pounds of lithium ion batteries in its cargo hold. bret? >> bret: doug, thank you. if there is a story you are curious about, what ever happened to it, let me know on facebook, twitter, instagram. we will look into it. we will use your question on the
they will avoid those situations, boeing actually issuing this warning saying they are going to make sure that they stay 50 nautical miles away from a potential thunderstorm to reduce chances of ice crystal conditions. >> that's no good. that's the part that got my attention. when they have to tell you the plane is not so great near storms, it seems like they happen all the time when they are near. this other number you snuck into the research, first an entire airline model to be grounded by the faa in 30 years. >> that was earlier this year. that's when they thought there were lithium battery fires. remember, an incredibly complicated diverse aircraft, assembled and manufactured around the world, put together in the united states. they were finding these little wiring issues. they grounded the whole fleechlt they've resolved those issues, they say this is a g.e. engine issue. people who follow outsourceing