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EVs in a place as dense as NYC seems like a risk. Battery fires can burn for hours and entire blocks might need to be closed off and evacuated due to the risk o
by heavyset_go 4y ago
EVs in a place as dense as NYC seems like a risk. Battery fires can burn for hours and entire blocks might need to be closed off and evacuated due to the risk of battery explosions.
It gets even more complicated when EV fires happen in places like garages under buildings, because that makes it hard for fire fighters to dump the 40,000+ gallons of water needed to keep battery fires cool enough that they don't explode.
- tempestn 4y agoThat small risk seems better to me in a densely populated area than burning fuels known to cause harmful fumes in their standard operation.
- heavyset_go 4y agoYou're mistaken if you think I believe that gas powered vehicles should be operated in Manhattan at all.
- rootusrootus 4y agoEV fires are just an artifact of the first generation battery chemistry. Within a few years EVs will largely have switched to LFP and nobody will worry about it any more. I mean, car fires still happen, ICE vehicles are much more prone to fire than EVs for example, but LFP has a much less flammable electrolyte.