Florida's CFO and Fire Marshal: Ian disabled EVs which are catching on fire

Not that the car has to work anymore, but that the battery can be flooded and not later burst into flame.

Florida might have 58000 Teslas (https://michiganstopsmartmeters.com/how-many-teslas-are-in-f...). If 1% were submerged in a given year, and 100% later caught fire, that's 580 potentially horrific structure fires. If it's 1%... then it's 5. Florida has about 50,000 structure fires per year (https://www.myfloridacfo.com/division/sfm/ffirs/sfm2020ar.pd...).

The interesting thing to me is the whole idea that these battery packs (whether in an EV or as power wall or as a utility level reserve) can catch on fire if they get wet enough and that leads to the right kind of corrosion. It seems like this has implications for how power walls and utility reserve banks are protected from flooding.

https://www.westernjournal.com/fl-firefighters-face-major-ev...

It's not a big deal, but it's good to know I guess.

Citation. Really. Needed.