It's always going to be risky having large lithium batteries like that (which you need to power something like that massive ass lawnmower).
Though, it's a good question: what's more dangerous from a flammability perspective: lithium batteries or gasoline. Both are actually quite dangerous, but I think gasoline has a longer lineage engineered safety in most of the stuff that contains it.
It's obviously still highly combustible and dangerous with water (which is why it's still dangerous with air). But it doesn't seem to be enough for open air to make it combust.
It's not like a car or electronic device isn't going to be exposed to, you know, electric current, water, or heat. /s
It's always going to be risky having large lithium batteries like that (which you need to power something like that massive ass lawnmower).
Though, it's a good question: what's more dangerous from a flammability perspective: lithium batteries or gasoline. Both are actually quite dangerous, but I think gasoline has a longer lineage engineered safety in most of the stuff that contains it.
Lithium is capable of spontaneous combustion, just on its own. So it is by far more dangerous than gas
How so? I'm curious about the chemistry.
Lithium is extremely reactive to oxygen, simply exposing it to open air is enough for it to catch fire, and even potentially explode
That doesn't seem to be the case, it looks like it has to have some kind of ignition or heat (or water): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMDbhoh1-J8
It's obviously still highly combustible and dangerous with water (which is why it's still dangerous with air). But it doesn't seem to be enough for open air to make it combust.
It's not like a car or electronic device isn't going to be exposed to, you know, electric current, water, or heat. /s