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Tesla Batteries Burning in LA Wildfire Present an Irony About Sustainability

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Electric vehicle fires can take tens of thousands of gallons of water to put out, because the lithium-ion inside the batteries can create oxygen when burning, meaning a lot more water is necessary to cool the burning pack.

In Maui , the Environmental Protection Agency shipped more than 30 tons of lithium batteries from over 1,400 properties for recycling.

There were over 431,000 Teslas in Los Angeles area as of October 2024 .