Prospeed Motorsports in the U.K. has built a 6x6 fire truck based on the Toyota Hilux designed to fight EV fires thanks to its compact size and water lance.
York-based Prospeed Motorsport fashioned a fire truck out of the globally popularHilux pickup because of its compact size. EV fires often break out in places that are hard to reach with conventional fire-fighting vehicles, like underground garages or multi-story parking structures. They've named it the Hiload, and made sure it has a 1,850mm height so it can clear height restrictions in urban carparks. packs that are damaged internally.
In theory this will limit"thermal runaway," the phenomenon where damaged lithium-ion batteries heat up very rapidly in a chemical chain reaction to high temperatures that can be very difficult to put out. Firefighters in some cases have had to keep EVs submerged in water for days. The ColdCut Cobra system is said to be able to squelch a fire with just 60 gallons of water.
The Hiload starts out as a regular four-wheel-drive Hilux, but the ladder frame chassis is replaced with a one of Prospeed's own design to handle six wheels. It increases payload to 6,600 pounds and can be configured in a variety of ways. Prospeed has been building other six-wheeled vehicles as troop carriers,120-mm mortars or tactical infiltration vehicles. As fire truck, it weighs 5,600 kg , but maintains a lower center of gravity than larger fire engines.
The Hiload is currently being tested in the Czech Republic as Prospeed works on a smaller version with only four wheels.
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