And given that most fire departments in the US are volunteer, severely underfunded, or both, they won’t be any time soon

There’s no reasonable way civilians would be able to put out any large vehicle fire, ICE or EV

As I understand it based on my extremely limited knowledge of firefighting techniques, the innovation is that cutting extinguishers completely fill the battery pack with water through a small injection site cut by the extinguisher. Minimal air intrusion means the fire is drowned and cooled to sub-ignition temperatures…

https://www.ctif.org/news/new-revolutionary-method-extinguishes-lithium-ion-ev-fires-ten-minutes-minimal-water

New firefighting methods are able to put out EV fires faster than ICE fires. Those methods just haven’t been implemented in all fire departments.

I think that top voted Gizmodo comments like yours should be highlighted as the ones that the general public as well as policymakers should completely ignore on the basis of irrational technophobia.

I’m kind of shocked that all the attention in the comments is on the tech beef between the two channels, while Madison literally talked about how she committed self-harm due to the toxic workplace, and no one here is talking about that

there are NO black on air or behind the scene talent

Given some of the public hysteria around autonomous cars, I wouldn’t be surprised if some “prankster” removed the cones/barriers/etc. when they saw the car coming.

nm

Why would the vehicle be running and in drive while the driver was getting in?

Ah, the article was poorly written

nvm, poorly written article

Since when is 56 years old considered “elderly”?

56 years old is not “old ass” nor is it elderly.

Didn’t really watch Pee-Wee Herman, but I’ll never forget his part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1. Delta Airlines

What the fuck really? 2 pods for no reason whatsoever.

Keep screaming into the void

Oh, hello, Mr. Dude-in-a-Well