Car fires are some of the most dreadful things a motorist can experience. Nearly impossible to predict, whether they come as a result of crashes or for some other reasons, fires have the potential of making survival nearly impossible for the occupants.
All vehicles are prone to fires, if the conditions are right, but the time and effort it takes to put them out varies depending on a series of factors. One of them has to do with the vehicle's powertrain, and whether it's of the century+ old internal combustion type, or the much newer electric one.
When it comes to ICE vehicles, decades of practice mean firefighters, but also everyday drivers, know what to do to put fires out quickly and effectively. EVs, on the other hand, because of the batteries they are fitted with, are much trickier.
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