Posted on 10/24/2022 7:48:43 PM PDT by montag813
by Becca London | RNN
An electric vehicle fire led to a temporary closure of a highway west of Vermillion, South Dakota, last week. The EV’s battery burst into fire, turning the car into an unrecognizable mess after the blaze was eventually put out.
KELOLAND News, and news media outlet based in Sioux Falls, SD, reported:
The Vermillion Fire EMS Department says it happened on Highway 50 near the Business Route exit just after 4 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Crews arriving on scene found a small car on fire with flames spreading into the ditch.
Because flames had reached the cars high-voltage battery, firefighters secured the area to wait for the battery to cool. Highway 50 eastbound to the Business route was closed for around an hour and a half. The cause is under investigation.
The Vermillion Fire EMS Department responded with four apparatus, two support vehicles, and 12 personnel.
RNN has reported on numerous electric vehicle fires over just the past few months, many having not been involved in collisions of any kind.
On September 16, in Stamford, CT, a Tesla caught fire while parked in a lot, and took an astonishing 25,000 gallons of water from multiple fire departments to get it under control (even though it was still hot and smoking thereafter)...
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Um, yeah- hard pass on electric cars.
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EV, underground parking garage, high rise condo. Not if, but when.
Try getting insurance.
I really don’t think those things are savin’ da planet, the penguins and the Coca-Cola bears.
That’ll buff right out!
Not parking near one and until they get a safer power source, it’s not going to be in my garage.
A little paint and bondo....
I find your Freepname and this subject matter to be an interesting combination...:)
Typo in your post. It’s the Woka-Cola bears.
One of those ‘blazing fast’ electric vehicles that can out drag my car?
YIKES!
In Naples, Florida alone, there have been four reports of Tesla fires since Hurricane Ian struck. EV fires have always posed problems for firefighters. The energy stored in the batteries doesn’t dissipate over time. “So you have the stored energy in the batteries,” Stephen Gollan with Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue told News Nation.
Flooded Tesla EVs From Hurricane Ian Exploding All Over Florida
Thank god it was an EV, otherwise it could have damaged the environment.
Yep. Can you imagine what a disaster that could be?
I’m from South Dakota and travel distances there are long and chargers for EVs are few. Pity the fool driving an EV during a typical South Dakota winter and running out of charge in the middle of nowhere when temperatures are way below zero. At least they might keep warm for a while if their EV catches fire.
Coca-Cola Bears. 🐧
Thanks for the laugh.👍
Oh noes!
Oversized electric golf kart fanbois hardest hit.
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