Posted on 10/09/2022 2:06:29 PM PDT by Jacquerie
In the wake of Hurricane Ian, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is expressing new concern over electric vehicles. He penned a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sounding alarms on the dangerous mix of lithium batteries and storm surge.
Patronis, whose duties include state Fire Marshal, said the administration needs to assess fire risks associated with saltwater on electric vehicles. In the meantime, he said fire teams need more support to deal with an “inevitable” increase in fires associated with electric-powered automobiles.
He sent a copy of the letter to Rep. Frank Pallone, Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
One major problem Patronis described was that even after lithium battery fires were extinguished, continued exposure to saltwater caused new ignitions.
Much of the existing federal guidance on disaster response involving submerged vehicles does not account for the risks associated with the exposure of lithium car batteries to saltwater, he said.
He wants the NHTSA to require electric car manufacturers of the dangers related to vehicles impacted by storm surge and said his office will distribute that information in Florida as soon as it becomes available.
Patronis said he wants answers to questions posed in his letter no later than Friday, Oct. 14.
“In my experience, Southwest Florida has a significant number of EVs in use, and if those EVs were left behind, exposed to storm surge, and sitting in garages, there is a risk of fires,” he said. “As the State Fire Marshal, I must ensure local fire teams have access to all the equipment needed for these operations, including Tender Strike Teams, Engine Strike Teams, PPE and thermal imagery. Your responses may be the difference between life and death.”
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As great as the potential of electric cars may be, always remember that if the left wants them, the desire is NOT based on science.
Florida should ban electric cars.
That’d be funny.
Not a problem as there is hardly any salt water near the USA.
Insurance will not insure if everytime an electric vehicle gets wet that it is a total loss.
There was a white paper on the hazardous airborne material from EV fires the covered firefighters’ fire suits that was not being addressed..
All that pollution to the air. Yuck
Doesn’t matter, they don’t care. all part of the plan. Human life is expendable.
Going to be interesting when all the gulf
states ban electrics.
I’d also be curious how salted roads in
states of colder climates affect batteries
as well.
Outlaw them.
And watch the Left collapse on itself like a dying star.
Hmmm. Salty slush frozen to the battery undercarriage.
What could go wrong?
And everyone should keep an eye out for waterlogged gasoline cars being sold as well.
That’s not pretty, either.
Our resident battery brains will probably tell us "Not a problem."
EV autos will become the world’s largest paper weights. IMHO
EVs are not Green.
Saw a video of a guy take a regular Lithium battery apart and throw it in some water. It went boom
No doubt. There’s no free lunch.
I used to charge my phone and tools overnight.
No more.
No way I’d leave an EV charging overnight in my garage.
There’s plenty of salt water where most people live.
I wonder if salt air has any effect ?
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