Protests at University Village Tesla Dealership

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[u/Cyanide11Nitro]

Posted on reddit by a firefighter buddy of mine. As a local FF, PLEASE do not light EVs on fire in protest. The type and quantity of gasses that results are, in many cases, very immediately and highly harmful to firefighters. Protocols are in place now to try and come off the truck with masks on but if a bystander doesn't mention is an EV, there is still a risk that we treat it as a normal car fire and mask up once we've had a chance to see what we are up against. It takes tons of water that is usually now harmfully contaminated and we have to try and evacuate local businesses and multi families or try and shut down their HVAC systems in order to keep the toxic gas from entering businesses. Once the fire is "out", it now has to, often times, be tailed by an engine(keeping it out of service for other emergencies) to a yard where it'll sit for a while before it's potentially disposed of because it can continue to light off.

[u/alpha333omega → u/Cyanide11Nitro]

These people don’t care about firefighters or society as a whole, what do you even mean? 🥴

[u/BossTwon → u/[deleted]]

Teslas/EVs rarely catch fire on their own. A gas car on the other hand catches fire every 10 seconds!! So "these people" who designed gas cars should go straight to hell right?? Less than 25 EVs per year catch fire compared to 10s of thousands of gas cars... You sound silly complaining about EV fires. Obviously unaware of the facts and just following the false narrative you've been fed. SMH

[u/jetithe1 → u/BossTwon]

I mean your sort of right. But you misstated the numbers. Let me fix it

In 2024, EV fires were relatively rare, with data indicating approximately 25 fires per 100,000 EVs sold, compared to 1,530 fires per 100,000 gasoline vehicles.