Posted on 10/17/2022 12:05:51 PM PDT by Red Badger
Incidents of electric vehicles catching on fire after hurricanes are becoming common according to reports
The storm surges and flooding from Hurricane Ian in Florida are reportedly again exposing the vulnerability of electric vehicle catching fire after being submerged in saltwater.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently wrote in a letter to Jimmy Patronis, the chief financial officer of Florida Department of Financial Services, that such incidents are not uncommon, according to the Epoch Times.
"We are tracking Florida EV fires through news reports, fire department social media sites, and other sources, and we can confirm your experience in North Collier with re-ignition is not an isolated event," reads the letter, referring to a part Naples, Florida, which was hit hard by the Category 4 hurricane.
According to the letter, the fires have mostly had to do with the car's battery and have ignited a fire as a result of the water from the hurricane.
"Test results specific to saltwater submersion show that salt bridges can form within the battery pack and provide a path for short circuit and self-heating," the letter stated. "This can lead to fire ignition."
Patronis reports multiple electric vehicles (EVs) have caught fire as a result of this hurricane.
“There’s a ton of EVs disabled from Ian," he said, according to the Epoh Times. "As those batteries corrode, fires start. That’s a new challenge that our firefighters haven’t faced before. At least on this kind of scale.”
No kidding...
They’re going to need more Oil to weatherize the batteries from Evil Water
In before ICE cars burn all the time...
Well, duh. Salt water is a good conductor of electricity. An ICE engine might survive. But now these electric cars have motors all soaked in salt. Corrosion city.
What about salty winter roads causing corrosion of EVs?
They're not electric vehicles they're battery powered vehicles... and the batteries are toxic, expensive, and catch fire.
FAKE NEWS - Gasoline cars get wet too.
Coming to used car lots in your town soon ... great deals on EV of all brands, all one owner and low mileage ... financing available WAC.
In before TeslaGator posts from his treasure trove of ICE fire images. But for me, this only gets real when the EV catches fire in your garage.
There will be loads of flood-destroyed ICE vehicles on the market, too...happens every time there’s a named storm.
Ut O!
Climate change responsible for causing EV battery fires.
That is going to require FEWER EV batteries as climate change increases.
They need to stop production NOW and cancel EVs! For the sake of the children.
The idea is to spay EV fires with Gasoline and burn them up quicker rather than trying to put them out.
Deep State doesn’t care.
They do, but they don’t go en fuego.
Or Katrina cars wouldn’t have been such a problem.
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