Tesla Car Fire...No electric car for me

[optimusprime]

Like driving a cooker and if you do get stuck inside you will go to the gas chamber

 

[grober]

The ICE car makers haven't exactly covered themselves in glory over the years ! e.g As an example it was argued at the time it was safer to get ejected from a vehicle in a collision than "trapped by a seat belt"--might have been some truth in that- at least if you were ejected it avoided being speared thro the chest by the steering column!

Unsafe at Any Speed - Wikipedia

Ralph Nader - Wikipedia

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[Deleted member 150136]

Can you ring up Tesla and the UK, European and American Fire Services to tell them that they're wrong.

From Tesla's advice to UK Fire service

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Source: https://www.tesla.com/sites/default/files/downloads/2016_Model_S_Emergency_Response_Guide_en.pdf

That's TESLA's advice to Professional Firefighters.

Yes, they require 11,000 litres of water to put out a fire involving one Tesla Model S battery.

That's TEN times the contents of ONE typical British Fire Engine.

Manageable if the UK Fire Service can connect to a water main, but a serious problem if the collision and fire has happened on a Motorway with no such water main to hand.

Well, that's a new one on me, all my firefighting courses have always said its a no no to use water on an electrical fire. And I work in the renewables electrical area where we are taught to deal with electrical fires.

And as other geniuses have stated, its common knowledge not to fight electrical fires with water.
I guess we all need to know what type of batteries these cars have, and rewrite the training manuals to suit.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Well, that's a new one on me, all my firefighting courses have always said its a no no to use water on an electrical fire. And I work in the renewables electrical area where we are taught to deal with electrical fires.
And as other geniuses have stated, its common knowledge not to fight electrical fires with water.
I guess we all need to know what type of batteries these cars have, and rewrite the training manuals to suit.

It was news to me, and to the Fireman who told me about it. It's "a bit of a thing" going around the Surrey Force at the moment as these things have become as common as muck around the mini-mansions of Surrey. But the issue has been in the news in the States for a few years now.

All that said, EV's are the future, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy an "S" if I had the tax advantages and if the build quality was up there with an E or S class.

You don't need to be a Winton Professor for the Understanding of Public Risk to know that this "interesting" fire risk isn't relevant compared to driving an M3, Audi RS, or a small white Vauxhall van.

 

[markjay]

All that said, EV's are the future, and I wouldn't hesitate to buy an "S" if I had the tax advantages and if the build quality was up there with an E or S class.

Agreed (perhaps not the "S", slightly too low for me, but agree with the principle).

One other issue is that is seems that at current car manufacturer don't really know how to make EVs, and the only real EV manufacturer doesn't know how the make a car.

 

[Petrol Pete]

Same reason the cabin crew (remember what they were/are ?) tell you call them and not try to retrieve any electrical device dropped between the seats yourself. Lithium ion batteries. They like to burn....

looks like the kid lost the Tesla in roadworks , 2017 ?, would it have had the 'self drive' feature thingy back then ?

Old news from 2017..

There have been a few reports of Tesla cars bursting into flames even when parked up and switched off...

Tesla Model 3 'Explodes' in Shanghai Parking Garage After Driver Allegedly Hits Manhole Cover

No one was injured as a result of the fire.

www.thedrive.com

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How long did it take to put this one out ? not much detail unfortunately , possibly a different part of the cars system on fire on this occasion.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

30,000 gallons of water used to extinguish a fire from a driverless Tesla S which crashed at high speed (could mean anything) in Houston

2 Killed in Driverless Tesla Car Crash, Officials Say