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Old 05-25-2023, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by jerry455 View Post
Any electric vehicle that has a thermal runaway will look like that. It takes a huge amount of water, thousands of gallons, to extinguish an electric vehicle fire.
That’s because you don’t put water on an electrical fire especially a battery pack. . These batteries make thier own oxygen.

I won’t say it’s not one of my concerns of owning a Tesla , but they need to figure out how to fight these battery fires effectively which will likely be about removing the HEAT.

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