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Originally Posted by MartinSE
Personally, I vote for horse-drawn carriages. They will be much more practical during the upcoming Dark Ages v2.0
Sorry, just trying to fit in...
I tried to bite my tongue but couldn't.
I read numerous news articles to find out what was going on. It boils down to one Tesla that caught fire, and a fire department struggled to put it out. There is NO forensic evidence yet as to WHY the battery caught fire. There are only comments by one fire department chief that has NO experience or training on EV batteries and their fires. He did say that there are a lot of Teslas out there and that COULD be a big problem based on nothing.
I will wait for the analysis of what happened and why, but enjoy yourselves it seems any time anything happens that involves an EV most here throw a celebration! Hence my Dark Ages V2.0 refernce.
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Not sure where you got your 1 Tesla idea. As of 2 days ago, in Collier county alone there were 10.
To put out these very hot fires can take thousands of gallons of water to put out. Tesla’s emergency response guide says between 3,000 to 8,000 gallons of water are necessary to extinguish an EV fire. For gas-powered vehicles, it takes on average around 1,000 gallons of water to put out a fire.
There have been many instances when after a few days the EV will catch on fire a second time. “It takes special training and understanding of EVs to ensure these fires are put out quickly and safely,” Patronis said.