> fire extinguishers are not suitable to put out lithium fires Only Class D fire extinguishers can put out lithium metal fires. But lithium-ion batteries do n

> fire extinguishers are not suitable to put out lithium fires Only Class D fire extinguishers can put out lithium metal fires. But lithium-ion batteries do not contain lithium metal. Lithium metal batteries do so, but no EV uses lithium metal batteries because they're too dangerous. Class B fire extinguishers work just fine on lithium-ion battery fires. The difficulty with lithium-ion EV fires is that they tend to re-light, but water is still the tool of choice for putting them out.