Posted on 03/19/2024 8:22:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Elon Musk’s Tesla has suffered another safety setback after a tenacious lithium-ion fire battery suddenly hit a Tesla EV driving on an Ohio highway which led to a three-hour closure of the northbound lanes of Route 255 in Bethalto, Illinois on Sunday. Thankfully, the driver and their passengers safely escaped the burning vehicle before it was too late.
The Alton Telegraph reports that a Tesla electric vehicle caught fire while traveling northbound on Route 255 in Bethalto, Illinois on Sunday, prompting a major response from multiple fire departments and the Madison County Hazmat Team. The incident, which began around noon, proved to be a challenging task for firefighters as the car’s lithium-ion battery had entered what is known as “thermal runaway,” a term used to describe the self-perpetuating heat generated by burning batteries. Breitbart News has reported extensively on thermal runaway, the dangerous battery fires that are firefighters biggest concern when confronted with Tesla fires.
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Unreal, and they push this as environmentally friendly
That is the plan.
No. AQUEOUS film-forming foam is useless. Lithium is an alkali metal, same group as sodium and potassium. It reacts on contact with water to produce lithium hydroxide, hydrogen gas, and a lot of heat. Often enough heat to ignite the hydrogen.
I came across on a bookshelf, a 2011 cell phone battery that was expanding. A very real fire hazard.
When it started I do not know but the phone first came out in 2010 and I have not used that phone for a decade +.
Imagine electric car batteries expanding then WHOOSH!
Cars stored away or dumped in a lot or anywhere.
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