In fact, battling a Tesla vehicle fire in 2021, firefighters required 40 times more water to put the EV flames out, than they would've for a gasoline car, per The Hill.

A Tesla car battery "spontaneously" burst into flames on a California freeway Saturday, and firefighters needed 6,000 gallons of water to put it out. The Metro Fire Department said in a series of ...

A Tesla Model S was traveling on Highway 50 near Sacramento, California, when its battery "spontaneously" burst into flames, requiring firefighters to douse the car with 6,000 gallons of water.

In August 2021, firefighters trying to extinguish an Austin, Texas fire following a Tesla crash used 40 times the amount of water normally needed with fires involving gas-powered vehicles ...

50,000 gallons of water were needed to put out Tesla semi-truck fire that closed I-80, NTSB says The initial findings have been released from the National Transportation Safety Board investigation ...