Posted on 10/07/2022 6:50:18 AM PDT by rktman
An untold number of cars have been destroyed by Hurricane Ian in Florida, but the storm has also impacted electric vehicles in a way that’s proving difficult for rescue workers in the state to manage.
EV batteries, corroding from water damage, are now catching on fire, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis said on Twitter.
“There’s a ton of EVs disabled from Ian. 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,” he said, sharing video of firefighters in Naples surrounding a smoking Tesla.
EV owners were also advised to have the water-damaged vehicles moved away from structures.
In the video, one person says the vehicle has already been doused with 1,500 gallons of water and the fire is still not out.
According to Emma Sutcliffe, the director of Australia-based EV FireSafe, testing shows that electric vehicle battery fires can burn up to 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit, WCNC reports. In comparison, fires in combustion engine vehicles burn around 1,500 degrees, according to FEMA.
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Here’s your ticking time bomb, exploding. Click for video...
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Green car fire.
Teslagator ... Please don’t scare him off. Consider the entertainment factor. My automobile is a small 2016 Honda ICE w very good MPG. I am getting a good laugh these days at FR. With so many postings how the price of fueling up an EV is getting near the price of fueling up an ICE automobile.
If you live in a condo complex w no EV charging stations. If you must go to public charging stations... I am sure you are paying as much as ICE owners per mile you travel in yer EV.
Used to go to the Daytona 500 every year back in the 80s and stay on the infield all weekend.
Saturday night before the race was always an adventure...one big party really.
Saw a dude throw a magnesium wheel into a fire once......when the fire department got arrived they just stood there and watched.
Made some really pretty colors as it burned.....putting it out.....nope.
Earlier this year the cargo ship Felicity Grace caught fire in mid-Atlantic ... the vessel was transporting high end automobiles, many EV types, when one of them burst into flames. The crew was rescued, but firefighting techniques, using sea water only exacerbated the problem. The ship was undertow headed for the nearby Azores when she sank.
Toxic fumes are one thing. Now they have at least 1500 gallons of contaminated water running down the street.
Eff ‘em ... unless the flames are a danger to other property, let ‘em burn to the ground. Insurance is going to cough up for a new one anyway so it does not matter what shape the carcass is in.
***testing shows that electric vehicle battery fires can burn up to 4,900 degrees Fahrenheit, ***
Wonder if that EV auto will count as contributing to Glo-Bull Warming!
78% of EV owners own ICE cars too. So they left their EVs behind because they didn’t trust they could get a charge and now their EVs are history.
I wonder how insurance cost on an EV compares to insurance on ICE cars, and will that equation change as insurers are hit with more losses from EVs?
I had a candle in a nice glass. I wanted to free the candle from the glass but it was stuck. So I filled the glass, covering the wick which had metal in it, with water and stuck it the microwave for about 10 seconds.
Imagine my surprise when I noticed the candle burning underwater! I got the glass free from the candle though.
Hmmmmmmm! So no discount for helping save muvver erf? 😂🙌
EV batteries, corroding from water
Like putting salt on a snail.
***I learned as a kid is electricity and water do not mix well.***
True. However, I worked in a power plant and found demineralized water is used to cool parts of the generator. Current in water is actually conducted by dissolved minerals in the water and not the water itself.
sow/reap
Fire sale.
Lithium and water don’t mix? Who would have thought?
Weird right? ⚡🌋
EV’s will be great in the large scale “earth environment” space stations and generation starships.
Not so great on Earth.
What about those folks who haven’t had electricity for a week? Want to get bottled water to keep the family alive? Walk to the distribution site.
Very toxic.
One of the gases emitted by a lithium battery fire is hydrogen fluoride. (HF)
Hydrogen fluoride is highly corrosive and a powerful contact poison. Exposure requires immediate medical attention. It can cause blindness by rapid destruction of the corneas. Breathing in hydrogen fluoride at high levels or in combination with skin contact can cause death from an irregular heartbeat or from pulmonary edema (fluid buildup in the lungs).
Hydrogen fluoride is an extremely dangerous gas, forming corrosive and penetrating hydrofluoric acid upon contact with moisture. The gas can also cause blindness by rapid destruction of the corneas.
So, when the FD attempts to extinguish the battery fire with water, they're producing hydrofluoric acid in large quantities.
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