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A new crash recently in Alabama, but a reminder to something that we all know. Burning Teslas are far more difficult to extinguish than any other car.

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[–] dragontamer 23 points 1 year ago (33 children)

Europe's got the right idea.

Yeah, its still a ton of water to fill up, but this is far less than the 36,000 gallons used for this Tesla here. We need to start building these containers for the EVs and giving fire departments the right tools for "full submerge" strategies as EVs become more popular.

[–] schmidtster 8 points 1 year ago (32 children)

If the car is on fire already how does this work?

It looks like you would need to drag the burning vehicle into the dumpster and than fill it with water? That doesn’t seem to be a very viable option safety wise.

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