In the aftermath of the Luton airport car park fire catastrophe, let's have a look at a recent detailed report about fire risk and possible mitigation measures.

The report, titled “Covered car parks - fire safety guidance for electric vehicles,” produced by consulting firm Arup on behalf of UK’s Department for Transport, and published this July 2023, delves into the details of car park fire risks and mitigation.

The report, which focuses on electric vehicles and EV charge points, but does not look in details at hybrids, including plugin hybrids, offers lots of most interesting content to understand the fire risks associated with electric vehicles and charging stations. It discusses a range of possible mitigation measures.

The full report is worth reading, and reading should certainly not be limited to the executive summary (often a bad habit of executives! :) as the most interesting content is in the detailed analysis.

Following highlights of the report, implications of the report findings are discussed. Reference is made to new offerings from China of small cars with ion-sodium batteries, known to pose lower fire risk, and to EV sluggish sales of EVs in the US, where EVs are piling up at dealerships.

Substack: https://covexit.substack.com/p/ev-car-fire-risk-mitigation