Tesla Model S Catches Fire Unexpectedly, Crews Struggle To Extinguish via insideevs.com
According to Metro Fire of Sacramento, a Tesla Model S electric sedan started on fire unexpectedly while it was moving at highway speeds in California. Thankfully, no one was injured by the blaze, but it was difficult for the trained crews to extinguish it.
While electric vehicle fires are few and far between compared to gas car fires, they tend to get a lot of attention, and for good reason. EV fires burn extremely hot and often turn into huge blazes rather quickly, sometimes engulfing the cars in flames. Meanwhile, the fire is difficult to put out, and it can reignite over and over. There have even been cases of EVs seemingly reigniting days after an accident, while the cars are parked at a junkyard or investigation site.
Gas car fires happen every day, so they're not necessarily at the top of the media's coverage radar. However, there are also many more gas cars on the road than there are EVs, so it's still too soon to know how EV fires and gas car fires would stack up if the number of vehicles was even.It can be argued that gasoline is much more volatile and immediately flammable than the lithium-ion batteries in EVs, which we also have in our laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc.
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