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Can confirm. So long as there's a water source, it's fine. If there's not, that's a tough break and you'll need to come up with a Plan B quickly.
I’m more referring to the perceived narratives, especially in todays political climate. At any rate, I’m not entirely concerned with EV fires especially as the technology matures and we get safer chemistry’s. Perhaps wishful thinking. Either way I don’t feel any less safe Having the Mach-E in the garage as any other vehicle. Though I’ll certainly make a point to egress quickly in the event of a collision.
There was heavy discussion in my area about how an ICE fire made news only to discuss the fact it was causing traffic delays. There was a good discussion about the rate of fire for ICE and Tesla per billion miles driven.The good news that isn't included here is that the probability of EV fires is still far lower per vehicle than ICE fires:
https://www.autoinsuranceez.com/gas-vs-electric-car-fires/
not totally 100% true about the foam.this is mostly a training issue for fire fighters in my opinion.... stupid to put out an electrical fire with water; should use class C extinguishers or foam.
Better policy to pull the HV relay 'cut loop' before fire starts and before extraction or transit to scrap yard if it wasn't already destroyed. Most first response teams have not been trained on where cut loops ARE, and EV mfg are not making it obvious. I'd be pissed off if I were a first responder or tow truck driver with an EV on my truck or in the yard that bursts into flame after I pick it up.
take our MME for example.... What percentage of first responders do you think have been informed where the HV disconnect is hiding, unmarked, under the friggin 'beauty cover' in the Frunk ?
HENCE, my first recommended mod is cutting 3x 1-7/8" holes in the stupid cover, and labelling
Nah. A good body shop can fix that thing right up no problem.Unless you don't have that much water available which sometimes can be the case in outlying or rural areas. But, on the good side you just total the car, get the insurance check and move on to another one.
They should have used dynamite and save all that water.
It'll buff out!Nah. A good body shop can fix that thing right up no problem.
Don't forget the coal fire under Scranton area.
38 significant active underground coal fires in Colorado. Most have been going for decades. One just caused a major fire:
As a former first responder (many years ago)... where is your electrical fire starting? In that encased battery under your Mach-E? Yeah, they are not getting to that with foam, even if it did matter.
Agree with disconnecting before towing to the scrap yard, but who do you think is popping the frunk and pulling the trim panel to get to the disconnect on a burning vehicle? That will never happen. These crews can't be experts on specific vehicles. They get trained in general things.
Label all you want, but they are not going to go looking for it. No firefighter I know will shove their gloved hand in a cut-out with a homemade label on it, even if they understood it.
