re: What happens to electric cars that are flooded?

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What happens to electric cars that are flooded?

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when an electric motor goes under water it is not completely ruined. the wires wrapped around it are still ok, but everything else for control and function will need to be replaced as well as the armature and bearings, so it needs to be completely reconditioned at around 40% of the cost of brand new ones. then there are the rest of the cars damage.

so its a complete totaled vehicle with few if any exceptions

this also applies to driving through water, you might make it, but you will start having endless electrical issues after

Battery powered submarines have been around since WWII. Dry it out and keep powering on.

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What happens to electric cars that are flooded?

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Totaled

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You need a grain bin full of rice

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And a crane to drop your car in with.

I've seen what happens when pure lithium is dropped in water in a lab.
Is this the kind of fire that we've seen in some electric cars that most fire departments aren't equipped to fight?

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I've seen what happens when pure lithium is dropped in water in a lab.
Is this the kind of fire that we've seen in some electric cars that most fire departments aren't equipped to fight?

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No. They are almost always a result of thermal runaway from overheating. It usually starts with an individual cell. While water and lithium do cause a significant exothermic reaction the actual way to put out a EV battery fire is with water. Foam and monoammonium phosphate the yellow stuff in most common fire extinguishers won't work. You literally need to flood the battery and it requires huge amounts of water. The problem is if you don't use enough water individual cells will continue to overheat, rupture and ignite. It is possible to get a lithium-induced fire from a punctured cell but you don't need water per se just the water in the air is enough. This would be a very unusual situation and require a heck of a lot more energy to puncture a battery pack exterior than a typical passenger car gas tank. However, it could occur though I have never seen any mention of it but I also haven't looked.

Just like a computer, phone or tool lithium battery a car's battery pack on fire should be attacked with water... lots and lots of water.


It is important to understand the need for water is to essential envelope the battery in water.

Put them in rice

Same thing with gas. shite still won't work.

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No. They are almost always a result of thermal runaway from overheating. It usually starts with an individual cell. While water and lithium do cause a significant exothermic reaction the actual way to put out a EV battery fire is with water. Foam and monoammonium phosphate the yellow stuff in most common fire extinguishers won't work. You literally need to flood the battery and it requires huge amounts of water. The problem is if you don't use enough water individual cells will continue to overheat, rupture and ignite. It is possible to get a lithium-induced fire from a punctured cell but you don't need water per se just the water in the air is enough. This would be a very unusual situation and require a heck of a lot more energy to puncture a battery pack exterior than a typical passenger car gas tank. However, it could occur though I have never seen any mention of it but I also haven't looked.

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I’ve actually commissioned independent engineers reports on Tesla cell for fire and water intrusion and the results were impressive. The latest units are difficult to induce thermal runaway in.

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Jackson MS

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Dodge Chargers are gas