captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Excluding the cars that ketamine built, it is my understanding that an electric car may not be as easy to catch on fire, but once an electric car is burning, they’re quite difficult to put out, because a lithium battery fire is no fucking joke.
Longpork3@lemmy.nz 3 days ago
From a consumer perspective, it’s pretty irrelevent. If a car catches fire, it’s a write-off anyway. The only difference is how long it takes firefighters to extinguish what used to be a car once they arrive.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I mean call me a filthy society-liking socialist but I don’t really like to operate in a “pssh, that’s the fire department’s problem” kind of mode.
Longpork3@lemmy.nz 3 days ago
Lol, I’m saying this as a firefighter. I’ve attended a couple of dozen vehicle fires in my time, and not once has the vehicle been in a salvageable state by the time we arrive. Unless it catches fire in front of a permanent-crew station, it will be ruined by the time anyone arrives.
Whether it takes 30 minutes or an hour to make things safe after the fact is a negligible concern.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Do you park your car in an attached garage?
eureka@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I ask out of ignorance: is there much difference to how quick the ignition tends to be? I’ve seen lithium battery explosions from laptops but fee (non-Hollywood) car explosions.