On the news they were talking about Tesla battery fires being really hard to put out. I thought, why couldn’t you just slide a fireproof fabric of some kind under the burning Tesla. Pull that sucker up, and vacuum seal it.
Basically, why aren’t fires put out more often by cutting off oxygen? It seems like the most effective way as opposed to dousing it with water or sand.
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In addition to the fire blankets that many commentors have mentioned, some fire services also use piercing tools that slide under an EV so they can pierce the battery pack and flood the compartment with water.
Cover the whole vehicle with a fire blanket and voila, fire is out.
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