What’s the deal with Teslas burning to ashes?

When you read the title and entered the content, you may have lost your confidence in electric cars, but do not worry, they are currently in terms of fire risk. electric vehiclessafer than vehicles with internal combustion engines. But although fire cases in electric vehicles are rare, these fires reach much higher temperatures than we are used to.

Moreover, since claims of unknown origin are accepted as soon as they are thought of, lots of misinformation it spins around. These claims range from vehicles catching fire due to the slightest friction to electric vehicles being unsafe due to these fire claims. Tesla Since they are private, we will talk about this issue through Tesla first.

The term we are looking for is ‘thermal leakage’.

What we see in phones and electric vehicles in lithium ion batteries When one of the cells wears out or gets damaged over time, it can short circuit. This being the case, our cell begins to heat up with chemical reactions. When the rapidly rising temperature of this cell spreads to other cells, an avalanche effect occurs and an endless and growing electric vehicle fire occurs.

Although these vehicles are electric, fires can be extinguished with water. So if you have enough water on hand…

In some cases, it is recommended to immerse the vehicles in water, while in other cases, it is said that it is necessary to wait for the battery to burn itself out. However, we see that the most common method of water retention is used. The problem here is in gasoline vehicles While the fire location is easily determined, in electric vehicles Battery location is difficult. Since it is located under the vehicle, it may be difficult to direct water directly to this battery. This causes 3 to 5 hours of effort. Of course, the main purpose here is to prevent the fire from continuing by cooling the battery, rather than extinguishing the flame.

Even though it is thought to be safe hours after extinguishing We also saw batteries catching fire again.

This is not the only threat. Have you seen that smoke coming from electric vehicles before they start burning? That’s it, it’s not smoke.

What you see is a cloud of highly flammable gas billowing out. This gas cloud, which stands out as being more toxic than burning because it burns in fire, if it does not burn at first, the real trouble begins. Especially our vehicle If it is in a closed area such as a parking lot This flammable gas accumulates in its unburned state. Then, if this accumulated gas cloud suddenly burns, the explosion that we think comes from the vehicle occurs. For this explosion to occur, what we know the size of a scooter One battery is enough. Even that battery can release gas that will cause this explosion.

What eventually causes the vehicle to burn to ashes is the endless fire.

Because, as we mentioned before, this fire is much hotter than what we are used to. In addition, as it spreads to the cells, it burns more intensely, causing the vehicle to burn to ashes. Since different vehicle manufacturers may use different battery methods, it is difficult to say something common for all of them.

We should point out that fires are quite rare in electric vehicles, and this statistic is higher in vehicles with internal combustion engines. What are your thoughts on the subject?

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