84 36,000 gallons of water required to douse burning Tesla....our first responders are not equipped to handle these kinds of fires (www.whio.com) posted 333 days ago by unruly 333 days ago by unruly +85 / -1 36,000 gallons of water required to douse burning Tesla; motorist arrested The Pine Level Fire Department said it took an hour to get the fire under control. 22 comments share 22 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Damn, I was hoping to retire on my blanket royalties.
Is there any way to talk the lithium into needing oxygen? You know, by calling it racist or something...
Alternatively, Teslas may need to be outfitted with automated 'Stop, Drop, and Roll' servos to deal with fires.
Darley fvehicle fire blankets
They work well. My fire dept bought two recently.
Thanks for the link! It satisfies my curiosity for a proof of concept.
No worries! Having taken a couple EV fire fighting classes it’s been proven these work well to help prevent runaway fire in the battery pack. It doesn’t extinguish the fire but helps to control it well.
I wonder if the car manufacturers could wrap the batteries with this type of blanket (internally) as a standard feature. (With proper venting, etc.)
Then maybe people would be willing to park their EV's inside their garage...