Three people drive a nail into a battery cell to create an internal short circuit. The cell rapidly heats to just under 800°C and erupts into fire, demonstrating thermal runaway in a controlled chamber.
Alright, so they have the tool open so you can see the chamber.
Oh, cool. It's an accelerated rate kilometer. Allows us to determine basically the thermal performance of a battery on failure. So we're going to drive a nail into that battery. We're going to short it internally and— well, this one's going to explode. Okay. Like a lot.
So much anticipation. This is the most awkward part. I hate this part. It scares me every time. Are you guys going to count down?
Just being like, any minute now.
You're going to hear it. Yeah.
Yeah. Oh, nice.
Okay. Oh, shit. Yes. Oh, that's a nice fire.
How hot did this one get?
This is just under 800. 800 Celsius. Yeah, 800 Celsius. Wow.
