Critical Warning to Electric Car Owners

A few days ago, there was a terrible traffic accident in Kayseri. Because the roads are slippery Tesla Model Y A driver who lost control of his vehicle crashed into a tree. Tesla Model Y after this crash caught fire. The owner of the vehicle could not be saved despite all interventions.

The incident happened in electric cars of batteries It once again brought up the risk of fire it could cause. Making a statement on the subject, Chamber of Mechanical Engineers (MMO) Kayseri Branch President Süleyman Varol said: Interesting for electric car owners He made important warnings.

Do not fight electric car fires with water!

The biggest disadvantage of electric cars is possible battery fires Underlining that this is the case, Süleyman Varol made the following warning to electric vehicle owners:

There is a lot of work on the development of electric vehicles, but studies need to be done on battery extinguishing and preventing battery fires. Dry chemical foams and dry powders must be used to extinguish batteries. If you attack it with water like a normal fire, you will accelerate the fire even more. Therefore, if possible, you must first disable 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. In the first place, when you immediately intervene in the fire with water, the flame from that gas combines with the water and makes the fire even bigger.

Why are electric cars more prone to catching fire?

Süleyman Varol explained why electric cars are more prone to fires with the following words:

There are micro-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. It is used because it is a long-range battery that is more useful and can store more energy. These long-range and useful batteries contain lithium-ion liquid gas. To make the vehicle lighter, the protection around the batteries is made very thin. When it is hit in the event of an accident, that gas is released and causes a fire.