If they really wanted to go down this route, a better idea might be to push the battery out straight down and have a fireblanket deploy itself like an airbag to act as a flame shield and buy time.
Fire fighters are then free to move the vehicle from the fire to better assess and respond based on the circumstances.
The bottom is going to be armoured to an extent against bottoming out the car etc, so harder to do that (and have it be water/salt proof) through the floor I guess?
Having your battery eject itself because of a sensor failure while driving at 70mph would be exciting to everyone involved though!
Interesting idea, horrible execution.
If they really wanted to go down this route, a better idea might be to push the battery out straight down and have a fireblanket deploy itself like an airbag to act as a flame shield and buy time.
Fire fighters are then free to move the vehicle from the fire to better assess and respond based on the circumstances.
The bottom is going to be armoured to an extent against bottoming out the car etc, so harder to do that (and have it be water/salt proof) through the floor I guess?
Having your battery eject itself because of a sensor failure while driving at 70mph would be exciting to everyone involved though!
Finally making road trips an adventure again!