We examine the fire safety with electric vehicles after a 2022 Tesla Model 3 struck an object in the roadway, causing the battery pack to catch on fire.

Electric vehicles are less likely to catch fire, but when they do, they are more difficult to contain.

  • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Oh wow, besides the website being clearly biased I found serval additional flaws:

    • it’s a generic Tesla products list, there are several power walls on there. Last I checked, they’re stationary and don’t contain humans
    • it does not list cause of death. “crashing into trees” has a tenancy to kill people before any fire even starts.
    • without following the links, it’s impossible to try and assertain how long it took any particular fire to start. Gasoline vehicles tend to immediately ignite, EVs tend to give you a bit of time before a fire starts.

    Also, “locked the doors is false”. The doors were never locked, but it is in fact an issue that most people don’t bother reading the manual to find where the manual release is on the door. I will also agree that it’s not the most obvious placement, and has no labels.

    • dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Also, “locked the doors is false”. The doors were never locked, but it is in fact an issue that most people don’t bother reading the manual to find where the manual release is on the door. I will also agree that it’s not the most obvious placement, and has no labels.

      https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/23/man-died-burning-tesla-because-its-futuristic-doors-wouldnt-open-lawsuit-alleges/

      The last moments of Awan’s life were gruesome and excruciating. After the crash, the Tesla’s lithium ion battery caught fire, according to a wrongful-death lawsuit. Smoke — and then flames — filled the car, suffocating Awan and burning him from his feet up. Outside, a crowd gathered but couldn’t help.

      That’s because the car’s retractable door handles, which are supposed to “auto-present” when they detect a key fob nearby, malfunctioned and first responders weren’t able to open the doors and save Awan, the suit alleges.

      “The fire engulfed the car and burned Dr. Awan beyond recognition — all because the Model S has inaccessible door handles, no other way to open the doors, and an unreasonably dangerous fire risk,” the complaint reads.

      https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-crash-spring-texas-deaths-mystery-solved-ntsb/

      “Although the driver’s seat was found vacant and the driver was found in the left rear seat, the available evidence suggests that the driver was seated in the driver’s seat at the time of the crash and moved into the rear seat postcrash,” the report said.

      Different case. This one tried the front doors, then tried the back doors. Then died.

      The day after, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman reported that it took firefighters nearly four hours and more than 30,000 gallons of water to extinguish the fire, CBS affiliate KHOU-TV reported.

      In case you didn’t have any idea of how difficult it is to put out a Li-ion fire, now you know.