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Fire Safety - Multiple Teslas in Attached Garage

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Sure, you have 150kWh of energy in two Teslas, but do you realize that two ICE vehicles with 14 gallon tanks that are full have ~900 kWhs of energy stored in them? (More than 6 times the amount of energy in your Teslas.)
Sorta. The amount of usable energy stored in a battery and the amount released in a thermal runaway aren't 1 to 1:
 
I know this is pricey, but what about covering your EV with a lithium fire blanket each night? At least in the rare event a fire does breakout, the blanket will prevent fire from spreading to the rest of the house and the smoke will trip any installed garage smoke alarm.