The problem with battery fires is that most batteries are made out of lithium which reacts with pretty much everything and is extremely difficult to put out.

In addition obtaining the rare earth metals for these batteries ecologically is a real challenge and it will only get worse the more we use.

I'm not saying we should abandon electric cars but we should know the benefits and drawbacks of each option before making a decision.

[–] BioMando@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Depends on battery tech. LFP batteries dont use cobalt and manganese, and have have much less chance of fire when punctured for example

[–] rustyfish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I didn’t mean batteries, I was talking about diesel. Should have made that clearer, my bad.