Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Firefighters Have Major Trouble Putting Out Tesla Car Fire Due To Battery $tsla $f $gm

Firefighters Have Major Trouble Putting Out Tesla Car Fire Due To Battery $tsla $f $gm

"The liquid-cooled 85 kilowatt-hour battery in the Tesla Model S is mounted below the passenger compartment floor and uses lithium-ion chemistry similar to the batteries in laptop computers and mobile phones. Investors and companies have been particularly sensitive to the batteries' fire risks, especially given issues in recent years involving the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid car and Boeing's new 787 plane.
In an incident report released under Washington state's public records law, firefighters wrote that they appeared to have Tuesday's fire under control, but the flames reignited. Crews found that water seemed to intensify the fire, so they began using a dry chemical extinguisher."

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