Florida warns about hurricane-damaged electric vehicles l GMA

Luxury electric vehicles bursting into flames after being damaged by floodwaters and car batteries catching on fire have prompted a new warning from the state after Hurricane Ian.

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[MRCVNCU]

Can you imagine a residential building or even a hotel having to deal with EVs burning in the garage floor?

[stevenbryant]

Whoever said they’re not more dangerous than a gas car after flood damage really needs to have their head checked because gas vehicles don’t just burst into flames repeatedly after being exposed to water, the worst that happens is it just won’t start

[DerekVuong]

Damn that looks so environmentally friendly.

[SH-nvcm]

I used an EV supplied by my company to assist in aiding the victims of Hurricane Ian in Naples and Fort Myers. There was no power anywhere hence, the EV lasted a few hours. My coworkers in gas cars had tankers filling them up. There are too many loopholes with EV. The accelerated push for EVs is simply political and that is the bottom line.

[Cautious_Gamer]

Kind of blows my mind how one of the first things that wasn't properly taken care of with EV was insulating their batteries 100% from the elements. There should be water dunk, extreme heat/cold test with all EV vehicle batteries during production. If they fail, it's back to the drawing board. It's pretty clear that with floods, we're not technologically advanced enough yet to have reliable EV's.

[joew]

Lithium batteries in general are a serious fire hazard. Even the tiny ones in your smartphone or headphones can turn into a blowtorch while plugged in. You can leave your device overnight and come back to a house fire. This can happen even when the battery isn't abused, wet, or damaged, although that greatly increase the chance of spontaneous combustion.

[aaronbenjamin]

Wow. Even electric vehicles have to social distance!

[rasheedlowery]

Looks like EVs are using up more water and space than we expected.

[karendunning]

"Remember, viewers, vehicles that might randomly burst into flames are PERFECTLY SAFE! They just have to be handled properly and left in a "recycling facility" far, far away from anything flammable. And now, a word from our overlords."

[AladeenZ]

I'm old enough to remember all the Fisker Karma battery fires after Hurricane Sandy 10 years ago. Looks like a lot has changed since then.

[bren]

To be fair the batteries are made of lithium which are highly reactive with water and form flammable hydrogen gas. Maybe we can find a better way of putting them out instead of using more water to make them react until they burn out.

[bigwatts]

Get out of the electric  car  market ... while you can. Government is in the middle rethinking the whole EV issue because  of economical and environmental worries.

[jackasix]

'They just have to be handled differently' - as in pushed off the pier?

[anthonybelyea]

Imagine your homeowners insurance when they find out your parking one of these in your garage built into your house

[phillipkarpowich]

Too dangerous to park next to each other, get wet, and tow. ... where can I get one?

[skyepicus]

If you own an electric car in the state of Florida - You can now use the money that you are saving on gas costs and redirect it to your increased insurance cost. Because insurance companies are raising rates for coverage of electric vehicles 28 - 32% in Florida.

[philliptapley]

Can you imagine how severe the fire would be if this were electric school buses not to mention the lost of young lives

[mattatk]

I thought EVs were the answer to all our problems

[ecko]

Gotta love all the fumes that get released into the air as they burn. Oh the irony lol

[pm]

Growing up in Thailand in the 70s, we had Tooktook (3 wheels taxi) that ran on battery. It was a neccesity since gasoline was not widely available at the time. Driver would work on it on the side of the road. They would had parts and batteries on the sidewalk. Grown up would tell me to be careful of the battery while walking passed them because battery was toxic. It would burn me if I touched it by accident. Those warnings stuck with me so I do not have good impression of EV.