Gas-run, fossil-fuel burning cars are slowly going the way of the typewriter as automakers rush to hit deadlines to shift production to greener fuels. Electric vehicles are the future: fuel-efficient, quiet, reliable, and…explosive?
Electric cars like Tesla have a unique danger that gas-fueled vehicles don’t: while fires aren’t more likely in electric cars, the vehicle’s lithium battery makes fire much harder to put out. After industry-wide recalls, most electric cars now come with a handful of warnings: don’t leave them charging overnight, don’t charge them indoors etc., but as the number of electric vehicles on the road increases, so do the number of fires.
Click HERE to read the Washington Post’s look into the history of electric-car combustion, and speak to your broker about garage heat-sensors that can provide early warning for similar situations.