A blaze in Fort Worth, Texas, earlier this week destroyed six all-electric SUVs, all of which appear to be the $127,000+ Cadillac Escalade IQ. The blaze, which broke out at Frank Kent Cadillac, took almost 18 hours to control, and it highlights how difficult is to contain and extinguish an EV fire. Stellantis recently filed a patent showing a way to quickly separate a damaged battery from the vehicle.
Jaw-dropping images captured at the scene show several of the Cadillac EVs involved in the fire. The Fort Worth Fire Department hasn’t said how the inferno started, but it described how challenging it was to control and eventually extinguish the fire. Although an incident like this may make you worry about owning an EV, remember that EV fires occur far less often than those involving combustion-powered cars…