I love electric vehicles – and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped

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[–]Threesrwild 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

And when these things catch fire the fire department says the amount of water needed to put them out is like an office building fire. Who came up with this shit?

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They could use as much or as little water as they please. For a li-ion battery fire, no amount of water is useful and the fire department's mission becomes containment of secondary ignitions. Ignore it until the high-energy blaze underneath fades a bit; the battery will burn until she's done and then you can put out what's left over.