As EV sales increase, General Motors is dramatically increasing its efforts to inform public safety, fire, and emergency service providers across the U.S. and Canada. The company’s most recent EV First Responder Training curriculum will give firefighters the most attention. On how to support emergency circumstances involving electric vehicles most successfully, it will train and share best practises. First responders all throughout the United States will receive practical training through the GM EV First Responder Training Project. The NFPA has taken the lead in its own education initiatives with 300,000 first responders, but it is estimated that more than 800,000 additional community members require extra training.
Vehicle safety doesn’t start when a collision occurs. While gas and diesel-powered cars and electrified cars have many crash safety features in common, GM’s Ultium-based cars have cleaner wiring and a lower centre of gravity. Only the second of its type, this EV First Responder Training. By 2035, GM hopes to completely ban light-duty vehicle exhaust emissions and only sell zero-emission models. Engineers assess battery module structures and confirm technologies that instantly cut off a vehicle’s high voltage circuit while designing and testing the vehicle. The company’s human-first approach to safety for people in and around its vehicles is shaped by vehicle safety, research, and advocacy.
