2024 Hurricane and Tropical Weather

[mickey2942]

In the wake of Helene there was that clip of an EV bursting into flames in a garage because the battery was submerged in flood water. If it's a serious risk, will any EVs whose batteries have been similarly submerged have to be written off for safety reasons?

I am pretty sure that the answer is, yes. The battery would be corroded if salt water was present. Those ion battery fires are crazy. It would also include electric bikes, and golf carts.

Florida fire marshal calls electric vehicles "ticking time bombs" amid Hurricane Milton flooding

Storm surge poses a fire hazard for vehicles with lithium-ion batteries, with dozens of blazes erupting after Helene.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[MelmothTheLost]

I am pretty sure that the answer is, yes. The battery would be corroded if salt water was present. Those ion battery fires are crazy. It would also include electric bikes, and golf carts.

Florida fire marshal calls electric vehicles "ticking time bombs" amid Hurricane Milton flooding

Storm surge poses a fire hazard for vehicles with lithium-ion batteries, with dozens of blazes erupting after Helene.

www.cbsnews.com

Thanks - very interesting article. It sounds as though fires and/or corrosion resulting from salt water immersion could end up as an exclusion for motor insurance - maybe even insurers refusing cover for EVs/hybrids, or hiking premiums beyond affordable, in certain areas of the US.

 

[iamshadow21]

Sydney Morning Herald has a slideshow of pictures from the disaster zone.

Hurricane Milton live updates: Millions without power, floods and multiple dead as storm rips through Florida

The clean-up is under way in Florida after Hurricane Milton swept through, leaving death and destruction in its wake.

www.smh.com.au