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GordonBlue · 06-04-2019, 07:29 AM

this was pretty interesting.
I had no idea putting Tesla battery fires out (and keeping them out) was so difficult.

https://driving.ca/tesla/features/fe...g-up-in-flames

What is new, what should be considered truly frightening, however, is the incredible difficulty fire crews are having in extinguishing some of these Tesla fires and, more alarming, the lengths they need to go to prevent said batteries from re-igniting.

In March of last year, a Model X that caught fire after a fatal accident near the scenic town re-ignited days after the initial crash. In fact, according to Mountain View’s fire chief, Juan Diaz, it reignited six days later, “the temperature inside those cells increasing to the point of ignition” nearly a week after the original flames had been quenched.

06-04-2019, 07:29 AM	#400
GordonBlue Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Alberta Exp:	this was pretty interesting. I had no idea putting Tesla battery fires out (and keeping them out) was so difficult. https://driving.ca/tesla/features/fe...g-up-in-flames What is new, what should be considered truly frightening, however, is the incredible difficulty fire crews are having in extinguishing some of these Tesla fires and, more alarming, the lengths they need to go to prevent said batteries from re-igniting. In March of last year, a Model X that caught fire after a fatal accident near the scenic town re-ignited days after the initial crash. In fact, according to Mountain View’s fire chief, Juan Diaz, it reignited six days later, “the temperature inside those cells increasing to the point of ignition” nearly a week after the original flames had been quenched.