U.S. safety board urges automakers to update EV fire response guides
13 Jan 2021 / 23:24 H.
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Wednesday urged automakers to address inadequate vehicle manufacturers' emergency response guides to address electric vehicle fires.
The recommendations follow a series of NTSB investigations into four Tesla electric vehicle battery fires since 2017, including three high-speed crashes in which the lithium-ion battery reignited after firefighters extinguished the vehicle fires. NTSB said "most manufacturers' emergency response guides for fighting high-voltage lithium-ion battery fires lack necessary, vehicle-specific details on suppressing the fires." Tesla did not immediately comment. (Reporting by David Shepardson Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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