Posted on 09/23/2022 5:41:31 PM PDT by moovova
It’s no secret that some electric cars have been susceptible to their lithium batteries catching fire.
What’s increasingly becoming known to fire departments is how difficult those blazes are to put out. A Stamford, Connecticut, fire involving a Tesla took three times the normal effort to extinguish, according to the Stamford Fire Department.
And this fire was perhaps an easy one — the car’s batteries fell out of the vehicle onto the ground...
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Why bother to douse it? The water only makes it worse. Let it burn and charge the EV owner for repairs to the infrastructure it damages. They should be required to carry an insurance rider for damage in the event of a battery fire.
Something occurred to me last night: with all of these potential explosive devices on the road, anyone wanna bet the jihadis are trying to cook up a way to use them? Anyone know if EVs are banned from subterranean parking garages yet?
An e-scooter showroom in the same building as a hotel. Scooters are on chargers. Battery fires up...hotel guests die in subsequent fire (India):
"Secunderabad fire: Why dousing electric vehicle fires is a herculean task?"
Two super sized outdoor storage batteries made by Tesla caught fire in Australia.
Impossible to put them out with water.
Fire departments keep nearby batteries as cool as possible and let the active fire burn itself out. They burn for almost a whole day!
Just wait until governments start mandating electric fire trucks.
Squirt more water on it. That’ll help, I’m sure.
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