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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
diesel flashpoint is in the 130 degree+ range.
if you have a cup of diesel at 70 degrees, you can put a match out in it.
diesel has to be hot to burn /
gasoline flashpoint below zero, gasoline ignites very easily
so diesel doesn't spontaneously combust,
but a hybrid with a battery, diesel might be irrelevant
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Are you attempting to dispute the statement from the local fire authority or agree that Range Rover might have a plugin diesel hybrid (the Land Rover site implies they do not)?
Odd, but not impossible, that the local fire authority would not mention that a lithium battery might have been involved.
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Last edited by Bill14564; 10-12-2023 at 07:15 AM.
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