Posted on 11/04/2022 9:43:40 AM PDT by Jacquerie
This week, Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis sent a letter to U.S. Transportation (DOT) Sec. Pete Buttigieg requesting the federal government work to mitigate the threat of electric vehicles (EVs) following Hurricane Ian, which caused salty storm surge waters to be shoved into the Southwest Florida coast.
The CFO’s letter asks U.S. DOT to take a more proactive role in identifying storm impacted EVs and getting them off the roads, out of salvage yards and away from the general public to prevent fires.
The State Fire Marshal’s Office has confirmed 16 EV fires occurred as a result of Hurricane Ian, including 14 Tesla, one Porsche, and one Lucid.
Thus, the facts on the ground from Hurricane Ian as it relates to EVs are the following:
There is no guidance as to how long the threat from saltwater intrusion on a battery exists, due to lack of studies or research.
There is no effective method to fully extinguish an EV fire.
There is no fire suppression system, or warning system built into EVs.
Manufacturers have been unwilling and/or unable to report location data of potentially impacted vehicles to the state.
When Florida asked Tesla if they were able to assess post-storm impacts to batteries, the manufacturer stated that the insurer would make those determinations.
There is no federal process for ensuring EVs are not resold and trucked to other parts of the nation.
As you have been a major proponent of EVs, and as taxpayers have been subsidizing the growth of this industry, it is time your agency works to mitigate the threats of these vehicles to first responders and their owners. The federal government needs to take a more proactive role in identifying storm impacted vehicles and getting them off the roads, out of salvage yards and away from the general public. This requires engagement from consumers, manufacturers, first responders, wrecker associations, re-builders and insurers.
Unless the federal government takes more of a proactive stance, I fear we may see more fires related to Hurricane Ian down the road. In the absence of data, we have yet to be presented with any evidence to the contrary. There is an ongoing science experiment in Florida, and the U.S. DOT has an opportunity to assess these damaged cars and create policies to protect our first responders for future storms.
It would be great if we could have nuclear powered cars. But that probably won’t ever happen.
Send them all up north.
They’re gonna need them this winter...................
NICE!
Democrats would rather concentrate on reducing the threats from hurricanes (the climate change garbage) than reducing the threats of EVs catching fire.
We almost did - but would YOU buy an atomic car built by Ford?
https://www.ans.org/news/article-3058/the-1958-ford-nucleon-an-idea-thats-still-ahead-of-its-time/
So like petee is gonna issue a proclamation or something? “I hereby, by the powers vested in me by supreme commander, that all EVs are henceforth forbidden from being fire hazards. So be it entered into the record.” 😲👬
The reactor takes up all the cargo space.
What was George Jetson’s power source?
That’s the ticket!
Have the government intervene to change the laws of chemistry & the behavior of the weather!
A big what if here.
What if based on this info, Florida issued an immediate stop of ALL EV sales in the state due to safety, hazard, environmental impact, etc.
not sure of the scale of this. But could be a big deal if the numbers are there. And if the MFR and Gov have little to no safety related info.
Calling on the government to solve your engineering problems is like calling the Roto-Rooter guy for a proctoscopic exam.
TESLA fire California
That would sure stir up a storm, wouldn’t it!
His dog Elmo?
All the EVers who complained about publicizing the post-Ian EV fire b/c there was only ONE of them now have more to consider.
Watched a video of an empty EV bus in the UK exploding and Kamala wants to put kids on these!!!!
I guess it will help with Gate’s reducing the population drive.
Dry cleaner fluid ?
Buttplug is too busy biting his pillow.
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