When crews arrived, they immediately put an EV-specific fire blanket over the car and used straps to keep it in place.

Electric vehicles are constructed differently than traditional cars, which means they don't burn the same way.

Extinguishing an EV fire often needs more water than a traditional combustion vehicle fire. All fire crew vehicles in the ...

Electric vehicles contain highly flammable lithium-ion batteries. With Los Angeles' roads filled with over 400,000 Tesla ...

In the case of a fire with the flames spreading ... fires as the most common cause of car fires are fuel systems on internal combustion engines. However, all-electric cars have much bigger batteries.

Renault's new solution to extinguish electric ... and reduces water usage tenfold. Studies have shown that EV fires are statistically rarer compared to internal-combustion car fires.

Dipping containers to submerge a burning EV vehicle. Water mist lance. Thermal imaging cameras to keep track of the fire’s temperature. The average duration of an electric car fire is between 4 and 5 ...

Physical safeguards, new battery chemistry and improved software can help make dangerous fires even more rare. The automaker ...