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To: Brumar89 who wrote (67405)	1/2/2016 1:43:19 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (3) of 86350

Taxpayer-subsidized electric cars had a rough start to 2016 when a Tesla Model S caught fire in Norway at an electric super-charging station yesterday and burned up spectacularly. Apparently electric car fires cannot be put out using ordinary fire hoses. Authorities had to let the lithium-fueled fire rage until it burned itself out. They also report that toxic smoke from burning EVs is far more noxious than an ordinary car fire. ... Fortunately, the car was unoccupied when it went up. The MSRP for a base Model S (after subsidies) is $69,900. Share the facts (in Norwegian) at FVN Via Google translate: Tesla caught fire and burned out completely It caught fire in a Tesla that was charging at Tesla's fast-charging station on Brokelandsheia Friday afternoon. At 14.30 o'clock Friday afternoon parked Tesla-owner car at charging station in Brokelandsheia in Gjerstad. Having sat in the quick recharger walked driver and a passenger away from the car. Soon afterwards the car was on fire, and emergency services were alerted. - The car was completely ablaze when firefighters arrived. The only thing we could do was to cordon off the area and cool with foam, said uty overbefal Steinar Olsen in East Agder fire departments to Fædrelandsvennen. Lot car burn out The fire department can not use water to extinguish fires in electric cars, so why had they just let Tesla burn out completely. The fire department can not use water on the fire in EVs. Therefore the car was doused with foam. Only way to extinguish the fire in electric cars is by using water with a copper material. It is too costly for the Norwegian fire departments have started using it. - It is dangerous to breathe the smoke from the fire, because it is flour-gas in it. There will be more dangerous gases from a burning electric car than a normal car, says Olsen. Crime Technical studies The fire started in connection with charging on Tesla's fast-charging station, police said. - The specific reason we can not say anything about yet. The area is cordoned off, and it will be made crime technical examination of the car, said operations manager Jon Kvitnes College police to Fædrelandsvennen. The car was completely destroyed in the fire. Police said that until further notice is not possible to charge the Tesla charging station on Brokelandsheia. Will taxpayers get their money's worth from electric car subsidies or will it all go up in smoke? See More Kraftig brann i el-bil Det tok fyr i en el-bil på Brokelandsheia fredag ettermiddag. fvn.no From CFACT's facebook page

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