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A blazing Tesla has sparked electric car safety fears after firefighters battled to extinguish the inferno.

The Model S was engulfed in flames after its 19-year-old driver crashed into a concrete barrier in Austria.

And fire crews struggled to put out the billowing flames caused by the lithium-ion batteries.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdTDCVG54SU

Toxic gases released by the burning power packs meant firefighters had to wear special breathing kit to tackle the blaze.

And while the driver made it out safely, it took five fire engines, 35 crew members and two hours to finally get the fire under control.

The terrifying video shows huge plumes of smoke erupting around the wrecked £50,000 ($69,000) plug-in car as the battery is cooled.


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It was only after cutting through the cutting the power supply from the high-performance batteries that it was possible for the firefighters to finally fight the fire.

And the shocking damage of the high voltage fire is revealed with the front end of the hi-tech motor completely wrecked.

Tesla is aware tackling a battery fire requires special assistance and publishes emergency response guides to help firefighters.

And it admits battery fires can take 24 hours to fully extinguish and can easily re-ignite.

It also details the huge amount of water needed to cool the battery, the position to cut through to stop the power - plus the risk of death in touching the power cables without switching it off first.

Sulphuric acid, nickel, lithium, copper and cobalt are all emitted when an electric car goes up in flames making it essential crews have respiratory equipment to hand, too.

Since lithium batteries are used,Tesla recommends that the vehicle be parked under “quarantine” for 48 hours, so that no new fire can break out.

While the Tesla performed as it should by containing the fire just in the battery compartment,the video highlights the potential dangers of millions of electric cars flooding the highways and the prospect of an uncontrollable blaze breaking out.

https://autojosh.com/watch-35-firefighters-struggled-tackle-large-fire-burning-tesla/
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Mynd44

their is something i will like to say to you Op but i reserve my comment for now

Ok 0o

Issorite

Hmmm

If it is in Zoogeria you are a gonner

Una weldon

A good example of when the 'con' outweighs the 'pros'

Okay

Like seriously

Alarming...
35,000 USD ~ 1,000 USD for each Fire-Fighter

One of the hazards of driving an electric powered vehicle.

I don't see this vehicle being successful in Nigeria, too many awful possible scenarios just comes to mind.

Imagine it happening in lagos traffic

calddon:
Imagine it happening in lagos traffic

Once saw a car catch fire in Abuja traffic....

Someone ran out with a fire-extinguisher from a nearby bank and put out the fire successfully.

Wat a loss

Hope Tesla and other electric car manufacturers will resolve this issue before it gets to Nigeria, because I'm not sure our firefighters are ready to handle this kind of inferno. Plus imagine you take your car for fixing at a mechanic, next thing the car starts shocking you I no dey o for this one o!

N11 million gone

9jakohai:


Once saw a car catch fire in Abuja traffic....

Someone ran out with a fire-extinguisher from a nearby bank and put out the fire successfully.

Am talking about Lagos traffic....the type seen during rush hour in areas like isolo ejigbo road, island to mainland bridges, etc..how will fire service get through?

It's not perfect tech yet, yes this car did not just spontaneously combust. It was in an accident.. trusting Elon Musk, he would have a fire suppression system in development ready to cover it.. Profit

Our world of today is not ready yet for electric car.
Imagine if this happens in Lagos or Mumbai... God forbid

Khan2013:
N11 million gone

That's approx 24m.

If na naija no worry forget d fire. D only way to quench it is to allow it finish burning or every vehicle will park and contribute fire extinguishers and more than half of d ppl who own one don't know how to use it

Torkwase1:
Hope Tesla and other electric car manufacturers will resolve this issue before it gets to Nigeria, because I'm not sure our firefighters are ready to handle this kind of inferno. Plus imagine you take your car for fixing at a mechanic, next thing the car starts shocking you I no dey o for this one o!

hahahaha
That shocking aspects gat me cracking

New technology new problems. You have solved the problem of energy then came the hazards that might arise from the usage of the car. fossil fuels are still gona be around for quite some time.

Lordave:
More oil revenue for Nigeria.

just my thoughts. I don't know why oil producing nations are not fighting back to frustrate the electric car thing.

Where are those proponents of electronic vehicles and driverless ones? You will keep quiet now as some Nairaland Igbos avoid Yoruba prosperity threads. I thought electric is the future of vehicles and everything is going to be just fine until this comes up
@poster below, yes. But this is one hazard too many. Imagine the cost of water and manpower to handle say 10 accidents in a month if electric vehicles goes full scale? These are the types of sceneries Tesla won't want you to see.

Every new invention has its hazards

Good news for our oil

everything has it disadvantage