I’m told by “experts” that electric cars catch on fire rarely, so I can’t figure out why keep covering so many of these stories. The other day we did a story on an electric bike bursting into flames and killing an 8-year-old little girl. And then in India, the same thing happened and killed a total of 8 people. So, I am not sure what’s going on, but yet again, I have another story about an electric car — a Tesla — bursting into flames… and wait until you see how much water they had to use to put it out… not very “environmentally friendly.”
Some would say that’s an environmental nightmare. All that water. What a waste.
Western Journal reported that a Stamford, Connecticut, fire involving a Tesla took three times the normal effort to extinguish, according to the Stamford Fire Department.
And this fire was perhaps an easy one — the car’s batteries fell out of the vehicle onto the ground where firefighters had better access. The fire occurred Thursday morning behind a Main Street restaurant, according to the fire department’s website.
A responding fire department normally uses a single hose line, according to the department commander on the scene, Deputy Chief Eric Lorenz.
But firefighters knew electric car fires require more effort, so two more hoses were aimed at the car. “We know from other fire departments’ experiences that large amounts of water are the only solution when compared to a traditional vehicle fire,” Lorenz said.
Large amounts of water, indeed — 600 gallons per minute — and the fire took 42 minutes to put out, WTIC-TV reported.
Other vehicles in the area were far enough away from the burning Tesla to avoid damage, fire officials said.
It took 600 gallons of water a minute to put out the Tesla fire in Stamford. https://t.co/fdlBG1enxv #TSLA pic.twitter.com/GBioPWghUa
— TeslaNews (@Teslanews10) September 17, 2022
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I saw a poll yesterday from Harvard/Harris that said this about electric cars:
- 71% say they would prefer to drive a gasoline-powered car over an electric car
- 72% believe the electric grid is not ready for widespread use of EVs
Clearly, we’re not ready for all of this, and we may never be.
Personally, I don’t think America is an “electric car country.” We’re not Europe. We’re a huge country and we’re so spread out. Most people commute at least 45 minutes to work. And don’t get me started on the traffic. What happens if you’re stuck in traffic and your charge is going down? It’s not like you can just pull off and hit up a gas station real quick.
There are so many factors and issues that nobody is talking about. Dems just want to shove this down our throats, and that’s wrong. That is NOT the way to handle this and Americans will not tolerate it.
EVs might work for city dwellers and some affluent suburbanites, but beyond that, I don’t think it’s workable in the US as is.
This post originally appeared on WayneDupree.com.