Australian-made bottom-up EV fire suppression system passes safety standards in lab tests

EV Fire Protection, a Brisbane-based company developing fire suppression products for electric vehicle parking bays, has announced the independent verification of “effectiveness, safety, and compliance with international standards” for its EV FirePro system.

According to a statement from the company this week, it used Applus+ Laboratories in Spain for the tests due to an absence of purpose-built EV fire testing facilities in Australia. 

EV Fire Protection describes the product as activating at a vehicle’s base, where the battery is, and delivering a “targeted vertical and lateral water spray, suppressing flames, reducing heat spread,” and increasing safety for arriving emergency responders.

According to the statement, testing saw no fire spread to adjacent vehicles, temperatures around the burning car remained below 60 degrees Celsius, ceiling temperatures were held under degrees Celsius, with the brief temperature spike occurring “during a deflagration event, caused by the ignition of flammable gases released in the moments immediately before EV FirePro activated.”

Morgan added: “We now have the independent validation required for international rollout.”

The company said it is now progressing distribution installations and agreements for its Australian-designed and made product across Australia, the UK, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. It has “site visits and installations scheduled in Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand, and at a Jaguar Land Rover test facility in the UK” before the year’s end.

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