Why Tesla, GM And Other EV Companies Have A Fire Problem

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Electric vehicles provide a path toward a greener future, but they can be especially dangerous when they catch fire. While car fires are nothing new and internal combustion engine car fires are also a problem, lithium-ion battery fires are extremely volatile and challenging to put out, and there are few resources out there to help firefighters. In addition, car makers like GM, Ford, Hyundai and Tesla have had to do costly recalls due to fire risk. CNBC explores how automakers and firefighters are going to deal with EV’s fire problem.

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Why Tesla, GM And Other EV Companies Have A Fire Problem

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  1. Many of the facts regarding EVs can be found in John Stossel and MGUY Australia videos 👍

    They burn through tires, the fires are frequent and immense, they're far too costly for what they are, they aren't good for the environment at all, they're unsafe not just because of the fires, but because they cannot stop easily when colliding with barriers, the interior is regarded as boring…you really do pay more to get less with an EV. Never mind the fact that range and reliability is terrible.

    Besides, who would want to support someone like Elon Musk? Does buying a Tesla come with being chipped too? 💩

  2. EVs cause more pollution than gasoline cars. Not only is most of the power generated by burning coal and other fossil fuels, the mining and global transportation needed to produce the battery causes more pollution than the lifetime consumption of fuel for normal cars.

  3. Ok but what about the electric infrastructure it’s self here in the USA most places the electric grid has trouble keeping up with the demand during the summer months without the added stress of the EV charging stations. What are they going to do about that?

  4. "Undeniably Electric" 😆
    By the time they're viable we'll have fusion power for the grid, but I wouldn't be holding my breath any time soon.
    The fire problem is being solved with new battery tech, but they're still very inconvenient compared to gas powered, and most of the value of the car is in the battery pack (that wears down quicker than a traditional vehicle engine).
    We still need to get all these unsafe EV's with outdated/dangerous battery designs off the road! No small task and a significant additional expenditure to replace all those battery packs.

  5. The future of automobiles is not undeniably electric. Battery technology is at its max, and technology is stumped. Maybe hydrogen or other new development may be better than electricity. However, the government and WEF want everyone to drive electric because the billionaires are betting on electric technology. I hope they lose their shirts.

  6. Water? Lithium reacts with water to produce hydrogen and heat. Lithium is an Alkali metal like Sodium and Potassium. It reacts violently with water. Yet for some reason they are still trying to put them out with water,

  7. The Swedish government found that ICE vehicles were 20 times more likely to catch on fire than ICE vehicles in 2022. EV FireSafe, an Australian company, studied global data on the reports of EV fires from 2010 to 2022, concluding that there was a 0.0012% chance of a passenger EV catching fire, compared to 0.1% chance for an ICE vehicle, meaning that ICE vehicles are 80 times more likely to catch on fire than EVs.

    NMC batteries have a much higher risk than LFP batteries, so anyone worried about this issue should buy an EV with LFP, such as the Tesla Model 3 or Y Standard Range. LG's NMC and BYD's NMC pouch batteries have had a lot of fire problems. It appears that cylindrical cells have less chance of fire than pouch cells, so I would buy Tesla over most other EV makers.

  8. I have 3 italian made cars from 1997, 2003 and 2007 and I absolutely love them! I would never even think about to change partly or completly to these EV trash vehicies. NEVER!!!!

  9. This is not anything new with EVs, they are crap, Tell your president that, you can also tell him no one wants him or his lame administration ether it also goes for Obama n his wife.

  10. EV battery packs need a built in fire extinguisher system. A reservoir of a liquid that will neutralize the charge of any cell that has shorted and put out any fire and cool the battery pack to stop thermal runaway. If a short is detected or if the airbags to off the reservoir releases the liquid to flood the pack.

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