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It Took 36,000 Gallons Of Water To Extinguish A Burning Tesla (jalopnik.com)
submitted 11 months ago by dragontamer to c/realtesla
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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 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I’ve personally burned LFP cells in an inert nitrogen pressure vessel and they very much do burn. They’re “better” than more reactive chemistries like NCA and NMC, but they do still burn (see story of burning teslas). That battery compartment likely has very little air in it, due to the large volume of gas vented during thermal runaway.

This was the tidbit relevant to the most discussion down thread. I appreciate your knowledge! Thanks for sharing your experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I should also clarify when I say burn, I mean strap an electrical heater to a battery and observe the response. Heater is meant to represent an internal cell short circuit failure (which is typically cited as leading reason for thermal runaway outside of bad/defective battery design)