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by kiririn 533 days ago
Probably no big deal for fire development, but throws a spanner in the works for successfully extinguishing it
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thebruce87m 533 days ago
Indeed, but ICE cars aren’t exactly easy to extinguish either. Here is the diesel car that started the fire at Luton. Notice the fire extinguishers around it? They obviously weren’t enough.

https://twitter.com/andysoullinux/status/1712232395049422942

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coldtea 533 days ago
>ICE cars aren’t exactly easy to extinguish either.

Still much much easier.

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thebruce87m 533 days ago
Than? An EV with an LFP battery? Nope. One with an NMC battery? Yes.

We can’t make blanket statements with EVs which was the whole point of my original post.

Edit: from the article:

> Fire crews were on scene within four minutes, and the fire was put out within an hour.

Pretty sure the cybertruck is NMC too, and this is in addition to the fuel canisters and explosives in the vehicle.

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