On radio news this morning, a Tesla was on fire. Took four hours and 32,000 gallons of water to put out the batteries . The two in the car burnt to death. The firefighters called Tesla for help. Tesla didn’t offer a viable solution to extinguish the fire
—”Tesla didn’t offer a viable solution to extinguish the fire”
My neighbor’s house disappeared before the firemen even arrived.
They believe there was a gasoline leak on his three months old Chevy.
He was out in the yard and heard something... it was gone.
Happens.
Yep, your average conventional car fire will take a couple hundred gallons of water to extinguish.
I feel CO2 is pretty effective against electric fires.
More workers have died in oil refinery accidents than nuclear power plants by a factor of 10.
But I like my gasoline powered car. I will not deal with nuclear power in my car.
https://www.tesla.com/firstresponders
pages 12 & 13 of this:
https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/downloads/2020_Lithium-Ion_Battery_Emergency_Response_Guide_en.pdf
I know firefighters. They say electric cars simply burn. Rescue the occupant and let the stupid thing burn.