RE: SomethingToday 13:43
Lithium powered car fires during the summer is an upcoming concern. BYD is still on a mission to spread the use of more lithium batteries. Please not in UK buses.
"EV fires also create a variety of toxic chemicals both in the air and in the water run-off if firefighters use hoses to keep the flames in check.
"Our preferred approach is to let them burn themselves out," says Mr Maher.
Not all recovery companies will take damaged cars away, says Mr Maher, either because they are concerned about handling a burned EV or because they do not have the right recovery vehicles (the fire service recommends against towing EVs in case the turning of the wheels recharges the batteries ).
In one incident last year involving a Tesla, police and firefighters had to wait more than four hours for a specialist recovery vehicle to arrive.
Electric cars are also known to reignite "up to two or three weeks after the initial fire", says Mr Maher, meaning they have to be "quarantined" away from other vehicles even after the fire appears to have been put out.