Lol, I’m saying this as a firefighter. I’ve attended a couple of dozen vehicle fires in my time, and not once has the vehicle been in a salvageable state by the time we arrive. Unless it catches fire in front of a permanent-crew station, it will be ruined by the time anyone arrives.
Whether it takes 30 minutes or an hour to make things safe after the fact is a negligible concern.
Even inside a garage, the difficulty in fully extinguishing the car is somewhat irrelevant. Suppression of the fire, ie, containing it so that nothing else catches fire, is identical for ICE and BEV. It just takes longer to fully extinguish a battery fire.
Lol, I’m saying this as a firefighter. I’ve attended a couple of dozen vehicle fires in my time, and not once has the vehicle been in a salvageable state by the time we arrive. Unless it catches fire in front of a permanent-crew station, it will be ruined by the time anyone arrives.
Whether it takes 30 minutes or an hour to make things safe after the fact is a negligible concern.
Do you park your car in an attached garage?
Even inside a garage, the difficulty in fully extinguishing the car is somewhat irrelevant. Suppression of the fire, ie, containing it so that nothing else catches fire, is identical for ICE and BEV. It just takes longer to fully extinguish a battery fire.