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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by fshbbdssbbgdd on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:36PM (#28546380)
> Germany is starting to standardize on towing an electric car away to dunk it in a tank to ultimately handle fires.

I suppose if the problem is widespread enough, every city will have a mobile dunk truck at the ready for electric vehicle fires.

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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by chrisco255 on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:42PM (#28546441)
And what do you do if those fires cause other things to burn in the vicinity?
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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by avianlyric on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:54PM (#28546543)
Same thing you do when an ICE car sets a building on fire. Apply water and put it out.
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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by ineedasername on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:58PM (#28546582)
Except for an ICE you only need to dump about 300 gallons on it. For an EV, it can take 24 hours to get the thing fully dealt with.
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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by Armisael16 on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @11:10PM (#28547500)
That's only relevant for the EV itself, not for the stuff it lit on fire.
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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by chipsa on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @11:17PM (#28547553)
You put out the fire, then dunk the EV in a tank when it's out to keep it from reigniting, while not having to monitor it.
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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by burnished on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @10:23PM (#28547199)
Bring the regular truck filled with water to hose it down.
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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by acmdas on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @08:49PM (#28546499)
Not if, when.
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Re:GM tells some Bolt owners to park 50 feet away from other... by beamatronic on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @09:06PM (#28546644)
This is yet another good reason to decouple the battery from the rest of the vehicle. Hit the emergency release, battery drops out of the car, and push the rest of the vehicle away.
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