Posted on 11/12/2022 11:40:12 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) – There is a dangerous new puzzle that firefighters in Connecticut and around the country are facing. Electric vehicle fires.
Right now, there is no hands-on training in Connecticut to learn how to fight these complicated fires. There isn’t even an agreed plan of attack.
Two months ago, firefighters in Stamford were faced with something they’d never dealt with before: a burning electric car.
EV fires are hard to put out because of something called thermal runaway, which is thousands of little lithium-ion batteries that power EVs and burn in a super-heated chain reaction.
“One of those cells catches on fire, it borders multiple other cells that border potentially hundreds of other cells,” said PJ Norwood.
Right now, firefighters use a car fire prop to help them train. They put out the fire just like they would a gas car fire. They don’t have the equivalent of that for electric cars because it would cost too much.
“Electric vehicles are quite expensive and just to get a couple of electric vehicles and to set them on fire to extinguish them is challenging and very cost prohibitive,” Norwood said.
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“A gas-powered car fire takes somewhere between 750 and 1,000 gallons of water to put out. An EV fire can take 8,000 gallons to extinguish.”
Sue Big EV.
push um in a lake, pond, drainage ditch full of water...
it’s the only way if you don’t have a large container full of water.
Battery packs need some sort of thermal runaway self extinguishing feature.
Then the EPA would drag them to court.
No win situation.
Why not bring in a front loader and drop a bunch of dirt on the car to smother the fire?
very large dump truck / sand / buried EV
I suppose a garbage truck could be modified a bit to serve as an EV scoop-and-dunk vehicle.
That shit ass Tesla trying to burn down the house. There must be loads of toxic fumes coming off this, to poison the firefighters.
Does the insurance company pay out for fire damage or flood damage?
EV’s (like windmills) are a bastard child, formed by cheap money, big government, and ideological fantasy
The contradictions will become very obvious soon.
The video showed a company experimenting with dropping a big tarp over burning EVs.
More water to put out EV fires.
They don’t serve water in many restaurants (and companies advertise dishwashers that use less water) because it helps save the planet to avoid using water. Also water for cattle to let them live long enough to provide beef when slaughtered.
Cuz it still still burn.
Can’t wait to keep one of these in my attached garage!
“A gas-powered car fire takes somewhere between 750 and 1,000 gallons of water to put out. An EV fire can take 8,000 gallons to extinguished.”
Gas-powered car fire: 1,500 degrees F, once out it’s out.
EV fire: 5,900 degrees, can reignite multiple times and up to days later.
better yet harness the heat and generate electricity with it to charge the cars that are not on fire yet
Anna Torv is spectacular
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