Do bumps affect EV batteries?

I was out visiting a lake in BC yesterday. The road up had a lot of potholes and areas with washboard.. very bumpy. Some of the potholes were in shade from surrounding trees and impossible to see until I drove over them. Some with a huge smash on the car, like when shocks reach max and the whole car shudders from the impact.
I was wondering if an EV could even handle that kind of road.. or would it suddenly burst into flame or something?

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Monalisasmith86 · 41-45, F

What like gasoline doesn’t burst a car inflames

JamesBugman

@Monalisasmith86 Not from going over bumps no, but a car loaded with explosive batteries, now that is a lot different.

Monalisasmith86 · 41-45, F

@JamesBugman yes I guess

SandWitch · 26-30, F

@Monalisasmith86
Yes, gasoline will burst a car into flames if the vehicle receives a sudden impact, even if the fuel tank is not leaking fuel from the impact.

The impact can be from colliding with something horizontally, or it can be from colliding with something vertically, such as if the vehicle collides with the ground underneath itself.

It does not require sparks or flames or leaking fuel to burst gasoline into flames, it only requires a sudden shock to the fuel tank and it's surrounding metal support structure. This is because gasoline is very unstable as are all petroleum products in the higher layers of the oil refining process.

The higher up the refining chain you go, the more unstable the product is. The lower down in the chain, the more shock is required to burst fuel into flames, such as with diesel fuel which is less volatile than gasoline.

The difference between an EV fire and a gasoline fire is that structural failure would have to occur for an EV battery to catch fire after the vehicle collides with something horizontally or vertically, whereas a sudden impact will cause gasoline to ignite without a spark and without structural failure of the gas tank.

Monalisasmith86 · 41-45, F

@SandWitch yes it will