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They rarely catch fire, but ICE cars catching fire while parked is even more rare. Plus EV fires are significantly more catastrophic. I also think banning EVs would be stupid, but we need to be serious about having the proper infrastructure to support them and nobody is talking about it. I don't want an EV within 50 yards of my house or really any other indoor structure. They should be required to be parked outdoors…
You make a lot of bold claims with no evidence. Good thing I guess that you don't get to dictate federal policy, which is moving in the opposite direction.
https://www.wsbtv.com/news/georgia/experts-warn-firefighters...
“We carry 500 to 1000 gallons of water on all of our fire engines. And usually that’s plenty enough water to extinguish your typical internal combustion car fire,” Buck said.
But where a normal car fire takes about 500 gallons of water, essentially 1 truckload, this fire took 28,000 gallons. That’s the equivalent of 56 fire trucks.
In this case, there was a hydrant nearby. But without that, firefighters would have had to shuttle in water.
“As it ended up, we were there for four hours putting water on the car and we continue to have what’s called thermal runaway with the battery packs,” Buck said.
Thermal runaway is what happens when different battery cells under the car keep igniting.
That’s a basic difference too. Water needs to get underneath the car where the battery cells are located.
Firefighters in the Netherlands even tried using a crane to dunk a BMW hybrid in a pool of water to stop the thermal runaway and put out the fire.