Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination::undefined
Every car flooded with salt water is a fire waiting to happen. Either a literal fire, or a fire sale. Salt water does horrible shit to all metals.
Couldn’t have spent the extra ten dollars potting the battery casing with conformal resin Elon?
Tesla CEO is considering lawsuit against saltwater.
I assumed he was going to blame the Jews.
Seems like the NHTSA needs to expedite regulations around protecting batteries from salt water.
> be a burger driving muh Tesla (sniffs farts)
> suddenly drowned in flood
> bursts into flames
Such is life in Burgeristan
I was under the impression that battery packs are watertight so where is the fire starting?
They are likely IP rated in some form or fashion, that means they are rated for protection for a period of time at a certain depth. Deeper water or longer time in water means you still get water past the seals.
It could also be a control fault or short on the electrical side allowing the other components to catch fire or overloading the batteries causing them to overheat and catch fire.
I doubt their designs are hurricane + flood proofed.
Also the high voltage disconnect/fuse is under the seats. Flood that and you’ve got a problem.
I truly doubt anybody at Tesla thinks that far ahead. A prime example of this was that magnificent cyber truck showcase.
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Let’s keep pretending like Teslas and EVs are horribly dangerous compared to ICE cars.
https://www.torquenews.com/14335/tesla-and-other-evs-catch-fire-19x-less-often-gas-cars
Does this have anything to worry consumers about in cold climates where cars could accumulate snow and road salt on them, and then say - park the car in the garage where it all melts into salt water?
Did any other makes of electric vehicles also burst into flames in Florida?
You’re not going to have frozen salt water on the underside of a car. That’s kind of what the salt is for. You will get salt water eating at the metal.
B-b-b-b-but we need to save the planet. Just like how we need to switch from plastic straws to chemical paper straws, to save the planet.
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