InfiniteISO wrote:
When Internal Combustion Engines catch on fire, they are usually running, which means they are usually attended. When you consider how many ICE engines are operating in the United States on a daily basis, your statistics lose some of their sting. As someone who used to help his sons race RC cars and has seen small Li battery fires, I can tell you that they are a force to be reckoned with. We charged and stored our batteries in steel boxes because you could never be sure they wouldn't go up in flames. If I'm ever forced to rely on an EV as my only source of transportation, I guarantee I will never have it under roof.
As for EV Car batteries in the aftermath of a storm, I don't think waterproof is proof enough. Often items not only get flooded, they get banged around. Removing the EVs after the storm was a smart precaution.
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I thought so also, our gated community has banned EV's.