Tesla Batteries Burning in LA Wildfire Present an Irony About Sustainability
When exposed to high heat, lithium batteries like those in Tesla's can burn for a long time and require significant water to ...
Crashes and Disasters
MOSS LANDING – Some 1,200 residents were allowed to return home Friday night after they were evacuated a day earlier due to a ...
Vistra's Battery Storage Facility Goes up in Flames, Spurs Evacuation Orders
(Reuters) -One of the world's largest battery storage facilities — Vistra Corp's 3000-megawatt in Moss Landing, south of San ...
Burning Teslas, fried battery storage systems add to toxic mix hindering LA wildfire cleanup
Lithium batteries from EVs and hybrids, as well as home-power backups, will require specialized removal in the wake of the ...
Monterey County officials call Moss Landing lithium battery storage fire ‘wake-up call’
A plume of material released from the plant contained hydroflouride, a toxic gas, that is now being monitored by Monterey ...
Palo Alto Weekly5d
Fire inspector: Tesla battery ignited August fire at Palo Alto car dealerships
The result is the release of flammable electrolyte from the battery,” the county’s report noted. The fire began on Aug. 7, 2022, at about 5:30 a.m. in an outside storage area of the Tesla ...
Burning Teslas in LA add toxic barriers to wildfire cleanup
The Palisades fire wreaked significant havoc on the nearby city of Malibu. In an interview, Mayor Doug Stewart said that the ...
Moss Landing Power Plant Fire: Latest fire comes after previous malfunctions
Thursday’s fire at the Vistra Power Plant in Moss Landing is just the latest problem to plague the facility in recent years.
Abandoned EV Batteries Could Make The LA Fire Cleanup A Nightmare
Firefighters in LA had to take special precautions around electric vehicles abandoned in the evacuation, and now those same ...