[CoachKandSportsguy]

Electric vehicles are exploding from water damage after Hurricane Ian, top Florida official warns

I didn't have that on my weather bingo card

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Electric vehicles are exploding from water damage after Hurricane Ian, top Florida official warns

I didn't have that on my weather bingo card

Wow another reason to not get an EV.

[Fltpkr]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Electric vehicles are exploding from water damage after Hurricane Ian, top Florida official warns

I didn't have that on my weather bingo card

Read the news article - state official is identified as the state’s top financial officer and Fire Marshal. Now that is an interesting combination of responsibilities.. So long as my cars are in good condition and gasoline if available, I think I will keep pumping gas.

[Fltpkr]

Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy

Electric vehicles are exploding from water damage after Hurricane Ian, top Florida official warns

I didn't have that on my weather bingo card

Read the news article - state official is identified as the state’s top financial officer and Fire Marshal. Now that is an interesting combination of responsibilities.. So long as my cars are in good condition and gasoline is available, I think I will keep pumping gas.

[oldtimes]

Not only are they catching fire but they are incredibly harder to put out.

Firefighter shares concerns around electric vehicle fires | weareiowa.com

[Nucky]

Haters Gonna Hate!

[Two Bills]

There is a huge risk of salt water flooding and damage in TV!

[Johngramuglia]

EV or not if the car gets flooded its totaled anyway

[DaleDivine]

Originally Posted by Johngramuglia

EV or not if the car gets flooded its totaled anyway

Naahhh, they will clean them up and resale as salvaged vehicles. Or the ones with just inside water damage that weren't completely submerged.
BUYERS BEWARE of cars coming from south Florida...

[Berwin]

Just like fire and rescue leaned how to rescue people from cars with side airbags, they have leaned how to fight a fire caused by an EV's battery. This has been known for several years so not a new problem. Any fire department that doesn't know how to deal with a battery fire at this point needs an increase in its training budget.

[La lamy]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

There is a huge risk of salt water flooding and damage in TV!

Good point!!! HAHAHA

[bilcon]

Originally Posted by DaleDivine

Naahhh, they will clean them up and resale as salvaged vehicles. Or the ones with just inside water damage that weren't completely submerged.
BUYERS BEWARE of cars coming from south Florida...

Very good point. Many years ago I bought a used Ford station wagon from a dealer on LI. A few weeks after, I happened to lift the mat in the rear section, and found rust and dampness. The car was only 2 years old. There had been big floods in Pennsylvania and the dealer lied to me. The salesman told me it was a trade in from one of their customers. When I went back about the rust problems, the manager told me the car was bought by him at auction in NJ. After some heated discussion, we came to an agreement and I got another car from him. Lucky me.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by bilcon

Very good point. Many years ago I bought a used Ford station wagon from a dealer on LI. A few weeks after, I happened to lift the mat in the rear section, and found rust and dampness. The car was only 2 years old. There had been big floods in Pennsylvania and the dealer lied to me. The salesman told me it was a trade in from one of their customers. When I went back about the rust problems, the manager told me the car was bought by him at auction in NJ. After some heated discussion, we came to an agreement and I got another car from him. Lucky me.

Your lucky you saw the damage just after you bought the car. I am sure the dealer was trying to pull a fast one.

[Blackbird45]

As strange as this might sound this is a good thing. EVs are still in their infancy, every time a situation occurs someone will step in with the motivation of making a profit and fix it. Gas cars have been around for over 130 years and there has been endless problems with them. If people would have put up some of the same arguments about gas driven cars that is being put on EVs, we'd still be traveling by horse and buggy and forget about flying.

[oldtimes]

Originally Posted by Berwin

Just like fire and rescue leaned how to rescue people from cars with side airbags, they have leaned how to fight a fire caused by an EV's battery. This has been known for several years so not a new problem. Any fire department that doesn't know how to deal with a battery fire at this point needs an increase in its training budget.

Yes they know how to do it but if you read the article it said this:

"It's kind of changed the game for us, [normally] we can use ultra high pressure and put a car fire out in about 19 seconds," said Raymond Reynolds, director of fire and EMS for Nevada Public Safety. "Well, with an EV car, we're looking at four hours and up to 30,000 gallons of water."