There are variations even at Tesla, which used an average of 2.57 metric cubes of water per vehicle produced in 2022. This excludes battery production, which needs additional water.

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.

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 ...

Tesla is planning to build something called “Giga Water Loop” just outside of Gigafactory Texas in Austin. But we are not sure what it is. Gigafatory Texas is arguably Tesla’s most ambitious ...

Mexico’s president warns Tesla of water shortage in northern state where it’s eyeing a new factory By Staff writer Updated Feb 21, 2023 2:40 p.m.

Electrek report unveils mysterious "Giga Water Loop" permit near Tesla's Texas Gigafactory. Elon Musk envisions Tesla's campus as a public ecological paradise. Get special access to three ...

Tesla <TSLA.O> Chief Executive Elon Musk sought to allay environmental concerns about the electric carmaker's planned factory in Germany, saying the plant would use less water than was ...