Tesla car fire....Electric car...Not for me

LostKiwi

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I wonder what they were using as extinguishant. If they were spraying water or anything containing water it reacts with lithium creating heat and eventually fire. In petrol car terms it's akin to putting out a petrol fire using paraffin.
 

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I wonder what they were using as extinguishant. If they were spraying water or anything containing water it reacts with lithium creating heat and eventually fire. In petrol car terms it's akin to putting out a petrol fire using paraffin.
CO2 or dry powder only, I wouldn’t like to see what would happen if AFFF was used on a high voltage lithium battery!
 

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Exactly! I wonder if the fire crews know that....
EV build technicians have to undergo speshul training... be interesting to know what the firemen get.
 

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about 30,000 BM hybrids were recalled a second time earlier this year.

they've been going up in flames. The first recall was to check / clean around the battery as they thought something was loose or production debris was catching fire.... turns out its the insides of the batteries... they are contaminated and going bang

 

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If they use the right technology there's no problem with batteries:
 


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