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.
Along with my NJ registration renewal this time came a notice that EVs would be charged $250 extra annually, with a ten dollar increase every year for the next 4 years.
Interesting. And makes sense, given the fire problem and the extra weight that EVs put on the roadways and bridges, degrading the infrastructure faster.
That new hummer is 10k pounds. The battery alone weighs more than a Honda civic. That thing will kill whoever it crashes into.