Kevlar Burn-Through Testing

Submitted by cyeung on Sat, 2008-02-16 23:44.

Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Hexcel, UTSVT was able to obtain pre-preg Kevlar for the construction of various enclosures in the Samsung Solorean. Among the items needed to be enclosed was the 624 lithium-ion cells. As seen in the video below, it took at least 1.5 minutes to burn through, giving the driver enough time to escape.

WARNING: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME