Today I saw a discussion in GM Electric Vehicle Owners group on Facebook, in which user Joe Reall answers the question related battery fires of Tesla vs Chevy Bolt and Volt.
Joe Real writes.
"The Chevy Volt and Chevy Bolt's batteries are far safer than the Tesla batteries that bursted into flame in the latest incident. Tesla's Panasonic cells are made with thin metal casings so that the heat from one burning cell causes the neighboring cells to burst especially when exposed to air in an accident. The Chevy Volt and Bolt's battery cell casings are much thicker and help prevent breaking apart due to impacts or heat and are also covered with fire retardant. Yes, the batteries of Volt and Bolt are more expensive than Tesla's, Toyota's, Nissan's and Ford's, and has heavier battery weight per unit capacity but it has saved lives and properties. So far, there have been no battery fires from Volt and Bolt in any of the accidents that they're involved. With Tesla on the other hand, the more battery capacity it has, the more intense are the fires and more difficult to put out, although it is still rarer than fires from gasoline cars."
As you remember about 10 days ago Tesla Model X caught fire after it hit a barrier on a California highway. Here is the post accident video so you can see the magnitude of the damage. Later Tesla revealed that the Autopilot was engaged and it actually blamed the driver (who passed away from injuries) for apparently ignoring the warnings.
Tesla last week recalled 123,000 Model S vehicles to fix a power steering component that is starting to rust.
Se need a solid-state battery.
"This is why we need a true solid-state battery with no volatile chemistry involved, like the eestor.us device that is now being marketed. They still have work to do to get the energy density per liter to where we need it for vehicles, but they are approaching it pretty fast from what I can tell. Plus, there is virtually no degradation after many, many cycles and it's low cost due to the materials they are using," replied Scott Collins, a user in the group.
Also, firefighters need more training.
In a story, by Life Science, discussing why the fire that incinerated a Tesla was such a nightmare to put out, the author writes, "what's more, lithium-ion fires can release high levels of "toxic gases" such as carbon monoxide, soot, hydrogen fluoride, and particulates of oxides of nickel; aluminum; lithium; copper; and cobalt, according to a Tesla Model X emergency response guide. As a result, firefighters need to wear a self-contained breathing apparatus and should use hoses that spray fog and special ventilation fans that push air out at a high velocity to protect bystanders downwind of the fire, according to the guide."
THESE
ARE THE FACTS THAT TESLA MOTORS AND ELON MUSK WILL DO ANYTHING
(EVEN THE MOST HORRIBLE THINGS YOU CAN IMAGINE) TO COVER UP:
Lithium ion batteries: Cause wars in the Congo, Afghanistan and
Bolivia; are owned by ex-CIA bosses; mutate fetuses when
they burn; destroy your brain, lungs and nervous system when
they burn; kill the factory workers who make them; cause
Panasonic to be one of the most corrupt companies in the world;
poison the Earth when disposed of; can't be extinguished by
firemen; poison firemen; are based on criminally corrupt mining
schemes like URANIUM ONE; Have over 61 toxic chemicals in them;
come from an industry that spends billions on internet shills
and trolls used to nay say all other forms of energy; are owned
by corrupt U.S. Senators who are running a SAFETY COVER-UP about
their dangers; Apple products with lithium ion batteries have
been exploding and setting people on fire; over time the
chemical dendrites inside each battery grow worse and increase
the chances of explosion over time - LITHIUM ION BATTERIES
BECOME MORE AND MORE LIKELY TO EXPLODE AS TIME GOES ON AND AS
THEY AGE; "Bad Guys" have figured out to make them explode
remotely; have their dangers hidden by CNN and MSM because
pretty much only the DNC people profit from them; are the heart
of Elon Musk's stock market scam; the Obama Administration
promised Silicon Valley oligarchs the market monopoly on lithium
ion batteries and the sabotage of fuel cells in exchange for
campaign financing and search engine rigging; United States
Senators that are supposed to protect us from these deadly
products own the stock market assets of them so they protect
them and stop the FDA, OSHA, DOT & NHTSA from outlawing
them. WRITE YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE AND DEMAND THAT LITHIUM
ION BATTERIES BE MADE ILLEGAL TO SELL!
Elon Musk exists because he bribed DNC politicians and Senators
Feinstein, Reid, Boxer, Harris, Clinton and Pelosi to give him
free taxpayer cash and government resources from the Dept. of
Energy and the Calif treasury. DOE has been covering-up
organized crime activities at DOE in which DOE funds are being
used as a slush-fund to pay off DNC campaign financiers and to
pay for CIA/GPS Fusion-Class attacks on Silicon Valley business
competitors of those DNC campaign financiers who DOE staff share
stock market holdings with. Elon Musk is a criminal, a mobster,
an asshole, a bald fake-hair wearing, plastic surgery-addicted,
douchebag, woman abusing, sex addicted, tax evader. Musk
exploits poor people and child slaves in the Congo and
Afghanistan to mine his lithium and Cobalt. Musk spends billions
per year to hire Russian trolls, fake blogger fan-boys and buy
fake news self-aggrandizement articles about himself. Musk
thinks he is the 'Jesus' of Silicon Valley. Fake News
manipulator Google is run by Larry Page and Larry is Musk's
investor and bromance butt buddy. Musk uses massive numbers of
shell companies and trust funds to self-deal, evade the law and
hide his bribes and stock market insider trading. A huge number
of Tesla drivers have been killed and Musk covers it up. The DNC
and the MSM refuse to allow any articles about Musk's crimes to
be printed because they benefit from Musk's crimes. Musk has
been professionally diagnosed as a 'psychotic narcissist.' In
EVERY blog that you read that mentions 'Musk', at least 1/3 of
the comments have been placed their by Musk's paid shills. Musk
holds the record for getting sued for fraud by his investors,
wives, former partners, employees, suppliers and co-founders.
Elon Musk has gone out of his way to hire hundreds of ex-CIA
staff and assign them to "dirty tricks teams" to attack his
competitors and elected officials who Musk hates. Musk never
founded his companies. Musk's "Starlink" satellites are domestic
spy and political manipulation tools - never get your internet
from one. He stole them in hostile ownership take-overs. The
same kind of EMF radiation proven to cause cancer from cell
phones exists in massive amounts in a Tesla. Musk can't fix a
car or build a rocket and has almost no mechanical skills. Musk
is a lying con artist and partners with Goldman Sachs to rig the
stock market. Over 1000 witnesses can prove every one of those
claims in any live televised Congressional hearing! Senators
Dianne Feinstein, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris and
their associates own the stock in Tesla Motors and/or it's
suppliers and mining companies. That is why they criminally help
cover-up investigations of Tesla!