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SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Has anyone actually looked at the amount of water needes to handle a tesla fire? The pdfs are available and we looked at them when I was a volunteer. It’s like 8,000 gallons to keep the battery temps under control. Our tanker holds 2,000 gallons and foam isn’t effective like for normal cars.

A single tesla on fire needs a response similar to a house fire. Most fire response is going to be very strained with multiple, especially if they are at different locations.

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andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

A single tesla on fire needs a response similar to a house fire.

How the fuck are these things legal

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- SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I assume the same goes for most EVs
  
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slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I saw sonething some years ago that the german firefighters use a container and fill it with water and drop the car in for a few days.

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- sznowicki@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I confirm. German firefighters once the fire is out, take the EV and put into a container full of water for about two days so all the energy is slowly going down.
  
  Source: I’m a firefighter in Germany.
  
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- SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Right and I’m sure it would work but technically Tesla advises responders not to. Idk why or what their recommended alternative might be
  
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Varyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
foam retardants aren’t effective? is the battery burning too hot?

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