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Crashed Volvo C30 Electric Car On Display At 2011 Detroit Auto Show

 
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Crashed Volvo 30 Electric Car

HI-RES GALLERY: Crashed Volvo 30 Electric Car
Volvo has some ambitious plans for the future. In addition to the market launch of a plug-in hybrid in 2012, work is currently under way on evaluating the viability of an entirely electric-powered car as well as range-extended electric car fitted with a hydrogen fuel cell.

The automaker well renowned for its safety prowess is now displaying a crashed C30 electric car, demonstrating its approach--in a very visual manner--to safety of the future. Keeping the high voltage batteries and cables of an electric car entirely intact after a collision is vital for safety as this kind of power system becomes more popular with buyers.

Imagine a situation where rescuers are needed to recover occupants from a crashed electric car while it’s raining. Water, being a good conductor of electricity, could prove to be very dangerous in such situations.

Volvo's crash tested C30 electric car shows how it can be done. Even though the car in this example has been subjected to a very demanding 40 mph off-set frontal test, the key electric components remain undamaged.

The crashed Volvo C30 electric car will be on display this week at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show. Keep up-to-date on all happenings at the show via our main coverage page by clicking here.

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  1. By Ken Stamford Posted: 1/13/2011 9:35am PST

    Water is a poor conductor of electricity
     
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  2. By Not Always Posted: 1/13/2011 10:17am PST

    @Ken: Water with minerals and salts from the road in it is a good conductor. Also, drop a toaster into some water you are standing in some time (not plugged into a gfi outlet) and then come post about the dangers of water and electricity...
     
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  3. By n8 Posted: 1/13/2011 10:34am PST

    Water is NOT a very good conductor unless it has something in it to help conductivity, such as salt. This is why electric eels don't kill off everything in the water when they let loose. Even with a high concentration of salt (say an ocean) water is still a very poor conductor, otherwise every time lightning hit the ocean 100s if not 1000s of fish and mammals would go belly up all over. No, water is not what you need to worry about, it's the batteries ending up connected to the metal chassis of a crashed car should be the worry.
     
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  4. By Lewis Posted: 1/13/2011 10:58am PST

    Water alone sure is a poor conductor of electricity, but almost anything combined with it makes a good conductor. When it rains, pure distilled water doesn't come out of the sky - it is mixed with the things that do make a good conductor. Don't sit on technicalities.
     
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  5. By Roberto Posted: 1/14/2011 5:05pm PST

    Sit in a tub full of water holding a plugged in toaster. Then tell us how bad a conductor water is.....
     
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