{"podcast":{"title":"BREAK/FIX the Motorsports & Vehicle Enthusiast Variety Show","slug":"break-fix-the-motorsports-vehicle-enthusiast-variety-show-379180","podcast_index_feed_id":379180,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/gtmotorsports/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.gtmotorsports.org","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8877019/BreakFix2025.jpg","author":"Motoring Podcast Network","episode_count":662,"summary":"Cool Careers, Awesome People, along with Unusual & Inspiring Histories from all over the Autosphere. From wrench turners to artists, authors, racers, designers and everyone in between. The road to success is paved by all of us. Because #everyonehasastory","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T22:19:43.222621+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/break-fix-the-motorsports-vehicle-enthusiast-variety-show-379180"},"episode":{"title":"EV Fires: a Storm in a Teacup","slug":"ev-fires-a-storm-in-a-teacup","published_at":"2026-07-16T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/break-fix-the-motorsports-vehicle-enthusiast-variety-show-379180/ev-fires-a-storm-in-a-teacup","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/break-fix-the-motorsports-vehicle-enthusiast-variety-show-379180","url":"https://jonsummers.net/2026/06/ep59-ev-fires-and-hillman-hunters-in-iran/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/emg3pabuhe8vxyj2/mpn_motoringhistorian_ep59.mp3","summary":"Motoring Historian Jon Summers examines claims that electric vehicles frequently catch fire, drawing on a Society of Automotive Engineers talk in Palo Alto by Dr. Abid Kemal of Exponent, a firm known for major failure investigations. He says vehicle fires have halved since 1980 and usually involve 10–20-year-old cars, while EVs appear 5–10 times less likely to burn than ICE vehicles, though their fires can occur later—on tow trucks or weeks in yards—because stranded battery energy remains after a crash. He explains thermal runaway: a weak cell heats from charge cycles, damages neighbors, melts plastics, boils electrolyte, generates oxygen, and can ignite in milliseconds, with severity influenced by state of charge. Examples include the 2021 Chevy Bolt battery recall and GM’s 80% charge limit, shipping policies under 50% charge, and the need for firefighter and tow-industry training.","meta_description":"Motoring Historian Jon Summers examines claims that electric vehicles frequently catch fire, drawing on a Society of Automotive Engineers talk in Palo Alt…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1552,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/break-fix-the-motorsports-vehicle-enthusiast-variety-show-379180/episodes/ev-fires-a-storm-in-a-teacup/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/break-fix-the-motorsports-vehicle-enthusiast-variety-show-379180/ev-fires-a-storm-in-a-teacup.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}