Electric vehicles (EVs) introduce a new type of fire risk that traditional vehicle fire extinguishers were not originally designed to handle. While EVs are statistically less likely to catch fire than petrol vehicles, lithium-ion battery fires behave very differently when they do occur—they burn hotter, last longer, and can re-ignite multiple times. An electric car fire extinguisher is designed specifically to help manage these risks. In Australia, F-500 lithium-ion fire exti