• Ilovethebomb@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The aim of a sprinkler system is to contain a fire, not necessarily to extinguish it. A sprinkler system can, will, and has kept a burning EV from spreading to other vehicles.

      Now, gasoline on the other hand, that floats on water, which is very annoying to put out.

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          1 year ago

          They transport cars with no gas in them. When I was going to school I used to work part time for a service center that prepped cars for the dealer after overseas transport. There were a lot of things that had to be done. The cars didn’t even have oil in the engine.

          They transport EV’s with a 40% charge which is the industry standard storage charge for Li-Ion batteries. At storage charge a Li-Ion battery is greatly less likely to spontaneously combust due to a manufacturing defect. It can still happen, but a lot less of a chance. More likely an internal short will drain the battery to zero charge before catching fire.

          In any case they don’t know the cause for sure. They’re stating an EV as a possible cause, but it could be anything at this point. They can’t know the cause for sure without an investigation and that won’t happen as long as it’s burning. If the ship sinks there may be no investigation at all.

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          1 year ago

          that’s the fun thing - unless you remove every last drop, emptying the gas tank makes it MORE dangerous, not less.

          liquid gas in enclosed containers is actually pretty harmless. But leaking fluids mixtures of gas and air are explosive.

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          1 year ago

          and a burning car is a whole lot of burning material

          it’s not a tiny piece of wood - in many cases you’ll detect it first, when there’s actually a whole lot and flames/smoke escaping from the car.