After the storm, then come the EV fires…

[rangerrebew]

 After the storm, then come the EV fires…

Apparently only 0.3% of cars in Florida are currently EV’s, which is lucky, because after the Hurricane Ian a few of them are catching fire.  Imagine what happens when all the cars are EV’s and firefighters need to pour on 100,000 liters of water and stick around for hours to baby sit what’s left:

Electric vehicles catching fire in Florida after Hurricane Ian
David Propper, New York Post.

Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer and state fire marshal, said on Twitter.

“There’s a ton of EVs disabled from Ian,” he tweeted. “As those batteries corrode, fires start.

“That’s a new challenge that our firefighters haven’t faced before. At least on this kind of scale.”

https://joannenova.com.au/2022/10/after-the-storm-then-come-the-ev-fires/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-the-storm-then-come-the-ev-fires

[Idiot]

After the storm, then come the EV fires…

Apparently only 0.3% of cars in Florida are currently EV’s, which is lucky, because after the Hurricane Ian a few of them are catching fire.  Imagine what happens when all the cars are EV’s and firefighters need to pour on 100,000 liters of water and stick around for hours to baby sit what’s left:

Electric vehicles catching fire in Florida after Hurricane Ian
David Propper, New York Post.

Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer and state fire marshal, said on Twitter.

“There’s a ton of EVs disabled from Ian,” he tweeted. “As those batteries corrode, fires start.

“That’s a new challenge that our firefighters haven’t faced before. At least on this kind of scale.”

https://joannenova.com.au/2022/10/after-the-storm-then-come-the-ev-fires/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=after-the-storm-then-come-the-ev-fires

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5lSeYd_riw

[Kamaji]

Not only would there be corrosion and fire problems, but if those batteries are underwater, there might end up being a discharge problem that could electrocute a first-responder.