It is very difficult to put an EV battery fire out with water. It can be done, but it often takes thousands of gallons.
If I’m not mistaken, the most common technique is to just let the fire burn itself out.
Posted on 11/22/2023 11:36:38 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
he veteran mechanic Scotty Kilmer has warned motorists thinking of buying an electric car to be careful not to damage the battery or face expensive repair bills.
The popular YouTuber has worked on cars for over 55 years, and regularly posts videos helping viewers buy the right car for them and avoid issues.
In one of his latest videos, Scotty warns that a lot of car insurance companies are scrapping electric vehicles with damaged batteries.
He advised: "Here's yet another reason not to buy an electric car, because many insurance companies are now totalling electric cars with even minor damage because the electric battery for the car got damaged.
"And as the replacement cost for the battery is often 50 percent or more of the original value of the car, they just junk the car."
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Wasting resources by the car load
Scotty knows his business.
Maybe these batteries will become useful in an off grid solar set up.
I just had a car in the body shop.
The place is crammed with wrecked Teslas. Repairing them is apparently very difficult. The first difficulty appears to be getting parts ... The Teslas just sit there looking pathetic, while the normal cars move through the system getting repaired and returned to their owners.
EVs are rich guy toys.
I know people who have hybrids who seem to like them.
Reason #17. What would be a $1500 fender for an ICE car ends up totaling an EV because the battery gets damaged. Therefore huge insurance bill.
Only electric vehicles on the road should be golf carts.
> Scotty knows his business. <
Sometimes Scotty gets a little overdramatic. But he doesn’t pull any punches. If he hates something, he’ll tell you. And he’ll be specific. He’ll name names.
Many auto recyclers and wrecking yards won’t accept electric cars.
As long as she can drive it through the Starbucks line.
Governments will have a quick fix for this and call it “ Taxpayer Funds”
“”difficulty getting Tesla parts””
Back in the day, I just loved the local, LARGE, Pick ‘n Pull wrecking yards. Depending on the car, I sometimes had rows and rows of ‘wrecked’ cars with plenty of useful parts. Here’s an example of how it saves $$$. The outside door handle on the passenger side broke. The dealership said $40 and 3 weeks to get it. At the Pick ‘n Pull, $3. Heck, sometimes I witnessed people pulling a perfectly fine engine and transmission out of a car that had a smashed rear end. The front half of the car was fairly new, and untouched by the accident.
So.....imagine the future Tesla/EV Pick ‘n Pull. Will all the batteries have to be removed and quarantined to a far corner of the wrecking yard? And each battery placed above a pool of water in case of fire?
Scotty has a great channel - very enjoyable presentation.
Insurers have little choice because you cannot see into the battery pack so you don’t know what kind of damage was done even in a minor accident. IF they insure your EV they likely insure your home so they can pay a body shop to fix the damage and then weeks or months later it catches fire and takes out your home (much bigger payout by insurance) OR they can simply total out the car and cut their losses.
A big problem for the EV industry, EV owners, and for insurance companies and there do not appear to be any good answers (for them).
Lol. Clickbait Scotty again.
1:17
Scotty say never accidentally knock it into reverse and proceeds to knock it. Fail. He then presses the button to move the shift lever to R.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuxpxCCevIlF-k-K5YU8XPA
thx for the explanation. you sound knowledgeable about insurance. do you happen to know the delta between insuring a IC comparable car vs an EV these days? i sure hope the EV’s are kept in a separate pool.
It is very difficult to put an EV battery fire out with water. It can be done, but it often takes thousands of gallons.
If I’m not mistaken, the most common technique is to just let the fire burn itself out.
I've had that thought as well. There has to be a market for that kind of thing.
This is true. One of my clients is a chain of auto collision and repair centers. Tesla, Lucid, and Rivian certified.
It’s a common complaint.
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