In the news lately has been a plethora of stories about electric vehicles catching fire, with some even spontaneously combusting. It has become a running joke on the Internet in the last few months. Now, joining flaming Telsas, we have E-bikes and E-scooters that are catching fire and burning down buildings. The culprit is Lithium batteries. And because a lithium fire is impossible to put out, as water only makes Lithium burn faster, such fires are almost impossible for firefighters to deal with. Is this worth the virtue signaling to own a “planet saving” vehicle?
And speaking of virtue signaling, you’ll never guess what we found out about ESG “environmental, social and governance” scores and what business is doing (or not doing) with it.
Join Host Anthony Watts, along with our panel of experts Sterling Burnett and Linnea Lueken as we explore these burning questions in CCR #54, Friday March 10th, at 1PM EST/10AM PST.
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Thanks All have a Hot 🔥 Battery 🔋 Weekend !!!
Batteries burn your car phone and House
When you pour 6,000 gallons to suppress a Battery 🔋 fire……what is carried off in the water into the ground, rivers, Oceans ?????
Sterling needs to be more concise in his comments. It is not much of a conversation if he's going on and on about some minor anecdote.
Thank you Anthony
The greatest crisis we're living in is a common sense crisis .
Great job on FOX Linnea – I hope they have you on more often
Don't forget that fast charging your EV will shorten it's life. Who wants a used EV that needs a battery which costs just as much as the used EV did? It makes no sense. EV's are NOT the answer.
Actually ICE vehicles on a percentage basis have many times more fires than EVs. However the battery fires are much harder to put out. I've had a Tesla for 8 years and I like it mainly because it's so quick. I will never payout the front end cost even though I have free supercharging. Started at 254 mile range and after 8 years it's now at 220 miles. I'm not an EV fanatic since I also have 4 ICE vehicles. As far as the lifetime cost most EVs are not that economic especially compared to a hybrid. As far as emissions Volvo did a study of their XC40 ICE versus EV and found it takes 78 thousand miles before the EV starts emitting less CO2 than the ICE when you include emissions during building the cars. It takes mining 500,000 pounds of material to manufacture an EV battery.
Typical performance of EVs are better than comparable ICE. My Tesla is quicker than my ICE including an original 1966 427 Cobra and 505 hp ZO6 Corvette.
Cold weather is tough on EVs range. On the plus side almost all Tesla superchargers are located near restaurants and or motels. So by planning one charging session during a trip will be while you eat or stay overnight. I keep my Tesla always plugged in at home and except on trips it doesn't require going to a charging station. Just set the time you want it to charge and the percent of charge and plug it in after each use.
I think the ferry system in Europe started prohibiting electric vehicles because the fire danger is far too high for a ship full of people
If there are more and more EV cars, there will inevitably be more car crashes with these cars. What happens during such a crash? Will the batteries catch fire and incinerate the passengers?
I've got a diesel car that identifies as an electric car and don't have any problem with it
Saw a video of a single-deck bus in London catching fire explosively, where the flames were coming from a box on the roof (I had assumed this box on the roof was an air conditioner), but that does not go with the road damage theory – it's way up in the air!
If the kids in the Congo see a Tesla on fire do they think it’s karma for the days if digging in the mud they did instead of being at school?
have people already forgotten that boat that started burning off the Azores and it was electric cars in the cargo that started it and they abandoned the ship and let it sink..