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One EV? 1000 EVs? I like the PSA part: disconnect the battery. I'm not as enamored with the weasel wording on count.
by thechao 4y ago
One EV? 1000 EVs? I like the PSA part: disconnect the battery. I'm not as enamored with the weasel wording on count.
- AftHurrahWinch 4y agoI'm curious about scale of this too! Florida might have 58000 Teslas (https://michiganstopsmartmeters.com/how-many-teslas-are-in-florida/ https://michiganstopsmartmeters.com/how-many-teslas-are-in-f...). If 1% were submerged in a given year, and 100% later caught fire, that's 580 potentially horrific structure fires. If it's 1%... then it's 5. Florida has about 50,000 structure fires per year (https://www.myfloridacfo.com/division/sfm/ffirs/sfm2020ar.pdf https://www.myfloridacfo.com/division/sfm/ffirs/sfm2020ar.pd...).
- svggrfgovgf 4y agoI agree - the twitter thread didn't really have any details. How many EVs are we talking about? I searched around a bit but couldn't find any other details. The interesting thing to me is the whole idea that these battery packs (whether in an EV or as power wall or as a utility level reserve) can catch on fire if they get wet enough and that leads to the right kind of corrosion. It seems like this has implications for how power walls and utility reserve banks are protected from flooding.
- aaron695 4y agoFour - https://www.westernjournal.com/fl-firefighters-face-major-ev-nightmare-hurricane-ian-tesla-catches-fire-salt-water/ https://www.westernjournal.com/fl-firefighters-face-major-ev... It's not a big deal, but it's good to know I guess.