Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "New Zealand (Cooks Beach) Fire: Media claims \"EV not to blame\" | MGUY Australia" video.

  1. Maybe it was a sports car. Sports cars are pretty hot.
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  2.  @cda4662  It would have been put out quickly with onboard fire equipment.
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  3.  @sithseven  I love when you try to use science and you miss the point. You get an "E" for effort, sir. Generally gasoline in cars catches fire because of a flaw in the fuel system (e.g. fuel line dripping fuel on a hot manifold); most of these fires happen while the vehicle is operating, and they burn at roughly 800 C which will surely burn up the car unless you or someone around you has a fire extinguisher. The difference is with an EV fire is that it can happen at any time, with no warning or as a byproduct of an accident (which is most common) there's no practical way to put it out. Even immersing the entire car in a lake will not put the fire out. So when an EV catches fire, not only does it burn, it burns at a temperature of almost 2800 C meaning that it will start to melt steel in proximity and cause secondary fires So while the incidence of fire in EVs is far less, the consequences of an EV fire is significantly worse.
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  4.  @alanm.4298  However, there is no info whether or not EVs were involved in those fires It would be useful to understand the number of new regular cars that spontaneously combust while aboard a ship or in a dealer lot, particularly since the manufacturers don't fill up the fuel tank on these cars (which would be the primary way these cars will ignite).
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  5. How are EVs supposed to save the planet if people understand the reality of lithium battery fires?
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  6.  @WillN000  ? Not sure of the context here?
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