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posted ago by Narg ago by Narg +68 / -0

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/13/24243982/50000-gallons

50,000 gallons.That’s how much water it took to extinguish the Tesla Semi that caught fire on a California highway last month, according to investigators. That’s the equivalent of one of those carbon-bolted steel tanks used in irrigation or wastewater. And its certainly a lot more than the 500 gallons that was needed to put out a Model S fire in 2018.

EV battery fires are such a concern that the Department of Transportation convened a whole-ass panel about it last month.

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY24FH015.aspx