Florida’s Top Fire Marshal Warns ‘Tons’ of Waterlogged Electric Vehicles Catching Fire

The auto insurance comparison website noted that while electric vehicles catch fire less often, they can be harder to put out than gas car fires, the lithium-ion batteries being the main cause of fires in EVs.

The latest warning from Florida’s state fire marshal comes shortly after all 50 states across the U.S. received final approval to start construction on a nationwide network of thousands of EV chargers covering approximately 75,000 miles of highway across the country.

They will now have access to all fiscal years 2022 and 2023 National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program funding, totaling more than $1.5 billion for those two years. That funding was made possible by President Joe Biden’s (Brandon) infrastructure act which was signed into law last year.