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It Took 36,000 Gallons Of Water To Extinguish A Burning Tesla (jalopnik.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A new crash recently in Alabama, but a reminder to something that we all know. Burning Teslas are far more difficult to extinguish than any other car.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

Because that's how you put out a lithium battery fire. The fact that the batteries use a lithium based molecule doesn't mean it'll react violently with water.

Sodium is highly reactive with water, but table salt isn't.