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Tesla Battery Fire Causes Major Highway Closure in Illinois
Breitbart ^ | 03/19/2024 | LUCAS NOLAN

Posted on 03/19/2024 8:22:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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But clean energy!!
1 posted on 03/19/2024 8:22:26 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

DOES FOAM WORK AT ALL???


2 posted on 03/19/2024 8:25:27 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I would love to see Ralph Nader use his same approach in banning the sale of Ev’s as he did to kill the Corvair and Volkswagen.


3 posted on 03/19/2024 8:25:29 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I read when these batteries go on fire one of the gases they expel is hydrogen cyanide which is extremely deadly. I don’t know if that is true or not, but if it is that’s one hell of a lovely thing for the environment isn’t it.


4 posted on 03/19/2024 8:26:51 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: ridesthemiles

I’m an electrician. A dead short runaway of stored energy is pretty much a “burn itself out” reaction. It can be ended in a controlled detonation, but that’s even worse for everyone.


5 posted on 03/19/2024 8:29:08 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A friend is the fire chief of a neighboring town. I asked him - how do you deal with an EV fire?

His reply: let it burn.

what if its in a garage?

His reply: try to isolate the house from the garage.


6 posted on 03/19/2024 8:29:21 AM PDT by PGR88
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“His reply: let it burn.

what if its in a garage?

His reply: try to isolate the house from the garage.”

Great, now the resident of the white hut assisted Living center is going to mandate everyone drives EV, and reduce sales of gas burners! These marxist idiots are hell bent on destroying this country...What could go wrong? :-(


7 posted on 03/19/2024 8:34:28 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: ChicagoConservative27

An Environmental Vehicle commits suicide


8 posted on 03/19/2024 8:34:54 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It doesn’t look like Locus Nolan knows the difference between Ohio and Illinois..


9 posted on 03/19/2024 8:37:43 AM PDT by EVO X ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ohio? Illinois?


10 posted on 03/19/2024 8:37:59 AM PDT by buckalfa (Gut feelings are your guardian angels)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t know of any “Ohio highway” in Illinois.


11 posted on 03/19/2024 8:38:23 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Details are always lacking.

Were the batteries being push to their limit ? Uphill ? Cold weather ?

Charging night before in sub-freezing temps ?


12 posted on 03/19/2024 8:38:25 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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from 1st paragraph:

“...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.”

The writer needs a geography lesson on the impossibility of driving on an Ohio highway with the fire in Illinois. He apparently doesn’t know that the state of Indiana is between Ohio and Illinois, thus keeping the borders of those 2 states from meeting.


13 posted on 03/19/2024 8:40:11 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Hydrogen Cyanide
Hydrogen Flouride
Hydrogen Chloride
Carbon Monoxide
Sulfur Dioxide

https://www.ttclub.com/news-and-resources/news/press-releases/2023/fire-not-the-only-danger-with-lithium-ion-batteries/


14 posted on 03/19/2024 8:40:32 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents into jail.)
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To: George from New England

I contend that Lithium batteries are rather safe if they are idle. No charge or discharge. And safe if no physical damage occurring.

Charging can of course leave deformed and undetected internal damages. That can at anytime afterward be a quick trigger to fire.


15 posted on 03/19/2024 8:41:29 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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Sir, You forgot to select “spontaneous combustion coverage” when purchasing your auto insurance policy. This claim is denied.


16 posted on 03/19/2024 8:48:16 AM PDT by 2a-ok (Let em burn...)
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To: Fresh Wind
"These gases once in the atmosphere behave differently to smoke, often pooling at floor level due to their density. "

So much for "stop, drop and roll".

17 posted on 03/19/2024 8:48:56 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
"After nearly three hours of effort, the northbound lanes of Illinois Route 255 were reopened after the burnt Tesla was towed to a nearby lot. Firefighters followed the tow truck to the lot to ensure the fire did not reignite."

The firefighers might have to camp out at the lot as it is quiet possible that the Muskmobile will reignite days or weeks later.

18 posted on 03/19/2024 8:49:20 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents into jail.)
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The charging stations in our factory were deliberately installed within 50 feet of outside bay doors. We had each station fitted with eye hooks and polymer web straps rolled up. When a battery fire would start (it won't stop) we would winch the entire gantry outside and the local fire department hazmat truck would just let it burn itself out while extinguishing whatever collateral burning material would catch fire while the battery would burn.

A charging station battery fire left inside the interior of the building would overwhelm the place in toxic fumes. You've gotta get it outside.

19 posted on 03/19/2024 8:49:22 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Fresh Wind

quite*


20 posted on 03/19/2024 8:49:52 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents into jail.)
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