Essential warning from the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers about 'electric car fires' that are common

A few days ago a terrible road accident took place in Kayseri. Because the roads are slippery Tesla Model Y A driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a tree. Tesla Model Y after this crash caught fire. Despite all interventions, the owner of the vehicle could not be saved.

The incident happened in electric cars of batteries It once again raised the risk of fire it could cause. Süleyman Varol, chairman of the Kayseri branch of the Chamber of Mechanical Engineers (MMO), said in a statement: Interesting for owners of electric cars He made important warnings.

Do not fight electric car fires with water!

Electric car fire

The biggest disadvantage of electric cars is possible battery lights up Süleyman Varol underlined that this is the case and issued the following warning to electric vehicle owners:

A lot of work is being done on the development of electric vehicles, but research needs to be done on battery extinguishing and battery fire prevention. Dry chemical foams and dry powders should be used to extinguish batteries. If you attack it with water like you would a normal fire, you will accelerate the fire even more. Therefore, if possible, you should first turn off the central electricity of the vehicle, and then disconnect it from oxygen with dry chemical foam and dry powder. The water can then be used to cool the battery. First of all, when you intervene directly in the fire with water, the flame of that gas connects with the water and makes the fire even bigger.

Why are electric cars more susceptible to fire?

Tesla crash

Süleyman Varol explained why electric cars are more susceptible to fire in the following words:

Micro-ion batteries are used in electric vehicles. They are used because they are more useful and are longer range batteries that can store more energy. These useful, long-range batteries contain liquid lithium-ion gas. To make the vehicle lighter, the protection around the batteries has been made very thin. When it is hit in an accident, the gas is released and a fire starts.

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