A Tesla Cybertruck driver was killed in what appears to be the first reported fatal crash involving the electric pickup truck, which has yet to undergo third-party crash testing.

  • JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    A few years ago the fightfighters in my town had to undergo new training because there was a tesla car fire at an accident scene that they had a very hard time putting out. Shit just wouldn’t stop burning.

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      1 month ago

      Lithium fires need to be doused in salt to put out. Or, technically you can put out a metal fire with gasoline.

      You go from a class D fire to a class B fire, and then you can put that out as normal. But yeah, salt is better.

      Water is the last thing you want to use on class D fires, followed by CO2. Both have the oxygen ripped off by the burning metal, making the fire burn hotter.