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Derrick Van Orden: “Lithium is a hazardous material. So you're talking £32,000…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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'We Do Have To Continue Growing These Technologies': Derrick Van Orden Responds To EV Hesitation

Published | Video Starts at 04:39

You know what? You're going to have £32,000 worth of lithium batteries on these. Is that right? You're going to have 2. 16,000 pound up to. Yes. Okay. Lithium is a hazardous material. So you're talking £32,000 of hazardous material in every one of these electric tractors. So we're already talking about driving hazardous materials. Not in the cargo, but under the tractor. Okay? So let's not forget that, either. And lithium is a class Delta fire. (04:39–04:48)

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Asserts that lithium, used in electric tractors, is a hazardous material.

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