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Thermal runaway prevents rescue of 3 victims in crash, authorities say (www.nbcbayarea.com)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/620960

This accident could be a scene in a horror movie.

I'm not a Tesla fan by any measure, but I edited the headline for this post. The original headline made it seem like a specific feature of the Cybertruck trapped the victims, but then the article explains it was really that the battery was burning so fiercely that the police just couldn't free them. The deadly feature of the accident was the lithium battery, which is common to many makes and manufacturers of EVs.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Everything you're talking about is patently false, and I sit and listen to the OEM chief and our local FD talk about it every week. The amount of water necessary to put out an EV fire is substantial and not always enough, never mind the obvious access issues. And after the fires are over they tow them to the county yard where they are monitored, like I said, for 72 hours, because they can light right back up.

My municipality is about to be in a fight witht he State because of a mandate for EV chargers, and how putting them in garages is literally a life safety issue. It's not apples and oranges, but ICE and EV car fires are not the same situationally.