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.
Thing is, the whole thing is scam. EV or at least BEV's do not make financial sense for the manufacturer or the customer if the cost of production was not subsidized. They are already too expensive for the normal consumer now, let alone what they would be if forced to compete without those subsidies.
The ONLY way this scam worked was government coercion that forced everyone, or nearly everyone, to purchase EVs. That way everyone is driving around the same shitbox and relied on the government (power companies, same thing) to get them around. Slowly, the old ICE cars would die off and the poor would no longer be able to drive, but that's okay because they now live in 15 minute cities.
EVs are a dead industry walking. There is no future for mainstream adoption as only 10% of this country is weird enough to buy one and, once that number was hit, sales flatlined and are now retreating due to a high rate of defection. The manufacturers are going to (already have) have such a bad taste in their mouth from this unforced error, they will abandon alternative fuel vehicles. This will be further supported by very inexpensive energy prices brought to you by the Trump admin V2.
I deal with brand new cars on the regular and I can tell you the EVs are, for the most part, poorly developed garbage. In order to make them stand out the manufacturer's have been doing all kinds of weird, unconventional designs that weren't thoroughly tested and don't work. Software and architecture are a mess, all kinds of weird glitches, updates needed all the time, modules that used to be a single units are now responsible for control of 4-5 units including themselves.
HYPOTHETICAL SITUATION: Driving to your friends house out in the boonies? Does he have a super charger? Don't worry, you have the 110v charger that came with the car. Just hook it up to his outdoor plug...oh wait, it's not water proof. Okay, run it from garage, easy. Now your car is charging, full battery in...3 days! Excellent! Isn't the future great?!
Tow a diesel generator behind it, instant electric /s/