We Burned 6 Electric Vehicles!

Explore the depths of FSRI's comprehensive three-year study as we dissect the fiery experiments conducted on six electric vehicles. From analyzing temperature spikes to evaluating toxic emissions, witness the crucial insights gained into EV fire risks and safety protocols.

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[ghost]

A major concern of mine is if the turnout gear can be reused. If it protects the firefighter but ends up so damaged or contaminated that it needs to be disposed of that is a major problem, especially for underfunded departments.

[whatcouldgowrong]

I personally think the biggest difference is what happens when you actively try to fight these fires at the beginning or midway and stop them prematurely before burning themselves out. That is where the biggest differences will be as the batteries constantly try to reignite themselves…

[wonton]

Company I worked for changed protective overalls manufacturer to offshore, our welder complained that the hi-viz stipes caught fire and melted into hot blobs. We had to simulate it and make a video for our union to get involved to sort it out.

[minigpracing]

It will be interesting to see the toxicity results for the different battery chemistry. Couple that with how much of the car was left (how hot the burn was) and maybe we can mandate certain batteries over other less safe batteries. We shouldn't be driving around in vehicles that make a super fund site out of every crash.

[thereissomecoolstuff]

Follow the smoke. That is the real question. How much worse it it. Car fires in modern cars are the most toxic fires out there. Very interested in the results.

[LoremIpsum]

Two of my neighbors have Tesslas, how do I dontate them for testing?

[darrenmurphy]

Why does it feel like all this needed to be done before evs were legally unleashed on the public

[RC-wugm]

Is there any connection to the vehicles OBD port to log real-time sensor data and error codes from the vehicle's onboard computer?

[jed-henrywitkowski]

Remember boys and girls, it ain't arson if you got a funny helmet on!

[kradius]

APPARENTLY CENSORED:

0.5 GWh BESS Gateway Energy Storage in Otay Mesa near San Diego burning for a week no end in sight ... mentioned by an earlier commentator.

[phprofYT]

LOL. Learning about the dangers of a new technology after the horses escaped from the barn.

[dronenuts]

Youd think all this would have been done before the technology hit the streets

[bikerchrisukk]

This is impressive work to say the least, thank you for presenting it - and doing so with as little surplus information/graphics as possible, you just get on with it 👍

[PRAR]

There's been a lot of news about associated toxins for quite some years now, it's good that the testing is happening - BUT - I'm surprised that it's only happened lately or have there been previous studies and I haven't found them?

[misterbacon]

Very interesting and informative! Great job! Greetings from the Netherlands! 🇳🇱👍🏼🇺🇲

[kenharris]

The irony is that EVs reduce pollution if you don't factor in the extra electric power from coal-fired power stations and Lithium mining. However, the toxic smoke from all the battery fires so far and all those yet to spontaneously combust must surely cancel out the reason for electric cars in the first place.
The cheapest car insurance, third party, FIRE and theft take on a whole new meaning.

[slimjim]

What was the battery chemistry of each of the vehicles?

Any LFP ones?

[DurzoBlunts]

How much more water than a normal fire?
Did it ever actually go out or can be put out?
Water contamination, how bad is it?

[tonywharton]

This is very interesting. I'm hoping the data will finally end these death traps ✌️

[stevenparkin]

I'm an outsider; I do not work in firefighting. Thank you for gathering so much data to maximize society's benefit of burning these test cars. My first impression was to personify each car by thinking, "What a sad end to that car", then later changed to "What an honor to be a car that sacrificed itself in that way."