Tesla Battery Catches Fire - Needs 36,000 Gallons to Extinguish

Wow!!
And yet people still want to buy those cars!!

 

“In Alabama” lol

Anyone not into tabloid journalism and would prefer learning actual facts..

https://www.motortrend.com/features/you-are-wrong-about-ev-fires?slide=9

 

yeah, all this " green earth", bullcrap.

my question is, "what about all the other countries that are as advanced as we are......are they pushing the "green earth" agendas as well..??

 

Economics of scale. There are far more gasoline and diesel powered vehicles here in the United States than there are EV‘s.

 

Yes, if you had read the article I posted..the conclusion was that EV’s are 29% less likely to catch fire vs gas and diesel.

Normally I just giggle and ignore these types of threads. IMO they belong in the political forum with the rest of the lunacy.

 

Yes they are. Even India and China are pushing to move away from ICEs.

 

And your in GA and electric semi burns and they charge $1,000,000 tow bill and recovery.

 

That's more than two super b's worth of water to put out one burning car. How many rural fire departments have that kind of capacity?

 

I did read the article. My statement still stands. We’ve had plenty of EVs BBQ themselves in my respective state,not just Teslas(a couple of Chevy Bolts have been roasted as well). There’s already recalls on certain GM models because of issues with battery sealing-and that’s with a brand spanking new platform.
2022 GMC Hummer EV Recalled for Improperly Sealed Batteries
When you’re fighting different types of fires (especially ones of an electrical or chemical nature) water isn’t necessarily the be all/end all solution! And even then when the fire is (finally) extinguished you have to take into account on how to dispose of the debris so there’s little or no environmental impact! Some salvage or junkyards aren’t set up for that.