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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    1 year ago

    Because that’s how you put out a lithium battery fire. The fact that the batteries use a lithium based molecule doesn’t mean it’ll react violently with water.

    Sodium is highly reactive with water, but table salt isn’t.