They won't go out! ... Tesla fires

[Big Bad Dad]

Wow:

'They Don't Go Out:' Suburban Boston Firefighters Extinguish Tesla Inferno After Massive Effort

 

[Xp29h]

Pretty bad for sure! I don’t blame Tesla or any other ev manufacturer for these fireballs. They’re trying to come up with something technology wise that we are just not there yet. Throughout history inventors have pushed the limits to come up with everything we have today. Many failed miserably before getting it right. I blame the government, socialist climate change push for these vehicles before the technology was really ready. I just hope regardless who buys an EV they don’t end up in one of the fires!

Until we have the correct safe technology for these EV vehicles, if you must choose….

 

[Nxcoupe]

It comes from the fact that the liquid used inside the cells of each individual battery that makes up the whole battery is flamable. The lithium ion battery isn't stable when it gets really warm, hence the reason electric cars still have a cooling system.
But bottom line, you are correct this is being pushed on us due to an incorrect assumption that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. It isn't.

 

[Dave6T4]

You order up a truck load of sand and a backhoe, and bury it.

 

[HawkRod]

The volatility of these batteries is why you are not allowed to put any type of lithium ion battery in your checked baggage when flying - it must be in your carry on luggage. I guess the thought is, if it overheats and catches fire, at least in the passenger compartment you can deal with it. In the hold, it would likely start a chain reaction.
Although I do not believe the FAA limits the size of lithium ion batteries, in several countries overseas they even have limits on the size.

All this wouldn't be going on if these batteries were totally safe and stable!

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I drive a semi-truck for a living. I do not have hazmat on my license. I was going home the other day though one of the tunnels in Pittsburgh, and I'm looking at 2 Tesla's one in front of me and one in the pass mirror near the end of my trailer. Got me thinking that if I was hauling a load of batteries for Tesla's would I be hazmat and not allowed through the tunnel? Can't get a firm answer in my short attention span, but it seems so. Meanwhile they allow these cars themselves through the tunnel or on the many bridges in the area. They burn very hot and do not go out as mentioned. A few years back construction workers set fire to plastic pipe in the structure of a bridge in the area and it did quite a bit of damage to the bridge steel. Granted the car would be on top with concrete insulator, but a electric truck or tractor trailer (bigger battery) makes you think. Now I get the argument that I'm allowed to carry over a 1000+ pounds of diesel fuel through and on these structures, but diesel is hard to light and fire departments are well versed in a class B fire, a class D fire is a completely different animal.

 

[cr8crshr]

Lithium Ion Batteries have always been unstable. Even in the small consumer form. I used to haul many a hazardous material when flying for the USAF. We often times were carrying Lithium Batteries and were bared from carrying passengers regardless of the need or flight status. In flight they can become very unstable and if not packaged correctly, can burst into flames. Never had an incident but the mere fact of just doing so would get that pucker factor up to warp speed. This new technology for EV's isn't as refined as the manufacturers are trying to lead us to believe. Just push and ram this BS down our throats. Personally I will never ever own an EV vehicle except maybe a Golf Cart as they run on a regular wet cell small motor battery that is easily recharged. This Green Crap will never make it!!! cr8crshr/Bill

 

[Budnicks]

seems about right

probably going to see a lot more of them signs now too

 

[Budnicks]

another one

 

[khryslerkid]

I thought the worst thing to use on a lithium battery fire was  WATER! This FD used 20,000 gallons?

Theres a couple of youtube vids on a blanket that they were working on to smother the fire. It still takes a long time to extinguish but it keeps it contained.

What's it going to take for them to realize they're not safe? Remember those hover boards that would catch fire and burn the whole house down? These cars can do this too.

 

[cr8crshr]

I thought the worst thing to use on a lithium battery fire was  WATER! This FD used 20,000 gallons?

Theres a couple of youtube vids on a blanket that they were working on to smother the fire. It still takes a long time to extinguish but it keeps it contained.

What's it going to take for them to realize they're not safe? Remember those hover boards that would catch fire and burn the whole house down? These cars can do this too.

It is and we had Chemical Fire Extinguishers in place of the regular kind. The were designed for fires based on a chemical reaction rather than wetting and cooling. Lithium is so bad JUJU...cr8crshr/Bill

 

[Nxcoupe]

I thought the worst thing to use on a lithium battery fire was  WATER! This FD used 20,000 gallons?

Theres a couple of youtube vids on a blanket that they were working on to smother the fire. It still takes a long time to extinguish but it keeps it contained.

What's it going to take for them to realize they're not safe? Remember those hover boards that would catch fire and burn the whole house down? These cars can do this too.

The batteries aren't Lithium, they are lithium ion, which is chemically different.

 

[khryslerkid]

The batteries aren't Lithium, they are lithium ion, which is chemically different.

Holy Cow! You know what I'm talking about!