Henke
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It’s not a Tesla bashing post if you read the article. It’s general info and also contains some advice for EV owners on safety of their vehiclesDo we really need this sort of post? I'm not a fan of Tesla, but all cars catch fire.
I agree all cars catch fire, but EV's are more likely to catch fire while parked in a garage and charging.Do we really need this sort of post? I'm not a fan of Tesla, but all cars catch fire.
No, we don't need it, nor do we need any of the other Tesla posts (oh, look the price went up or down or some other trivial thing).Do we really need this sort of post? I'm not a fan of Tesla, but all cars catch fire.
Can someone post the article with copy-n-paste...I hate creating a profile to read one article. Heck even HBR allows 5-free views per month without creating a profile...this drives me nuts with Newspapers, not to mention the copious amounts of adware that seems to be added when reading an online newspaper article (despite adblocker, malwarebites, and AV software and VPN ).
Thanks in advance.....from what I was able to read, before it locked me to sign-up, the biggest thing that worries me about EV fires are that most home fire extinguishers and many local fire departments do not have the right solutions in their standard trucks to properly fight an EV fire. Most are just water and that can have some real problems when trying to put out an EV fire. I feel that this is why it is most significant, as these cars can't be starting on fire when at home (a crash I could understand), it may be your only point of egress out and your little fire extinguisher may not work to retard the flames enough to get out......to me it is a real issue, regardless of whom the manufacturer is.
It’s one of those things like a plane crash fhaf is very very unlikely to happen but if it does happen, it could be catastrophic." advised owners not to charge their vehicles overnight or keep their fully charged vehicles in garages. "
This quote is scary....if you are not supposed to charge at night or keep it charged for when you want to use it, when can you charge it and when can you keep it charged?
It is unfortunate that they did not come out to investigate as well as a flippant comment that 'when we are wrong, we are wrong' (paraphrased).
As I thought, the most concerning thing to me is that it burns so hot, that it started the other car on fire.....caused explosions and can burn for 24hours. Basically, if an ICE starts on fire, you have a chance....if an EV starts on fire, you have no chance of saving the building (hopefully you can save yourself) and it will just burn long enough for everything else to be ruined.
Scary stuff!
Thanks for the copy-n-paste!
And what’s your point?