Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination::undefined
Side note - people need to be super careful buying used cars for the next several months because of scammers cleaning up flooded cars and brining them north to sell. Check under the carpets and so on, etc. Avoid Florida cars.
Idalia brined them, not the scammers. Just to be clear.
right, the scam is taking a flood car north and not disclosing flood damage to an unsuspecting northerner.
It seems like it always happens every time there’s a bad flood/hurricane etc.
I remember used lots in Oklahoma getting flooded (heh) with Katrina cars back in 2005-2006.
I remember that happened after a huge Mississippi flood in the 90s. Definitely be careful
katrina. was not that long ago and tons of those cars got drug all over.
No, this was before that.
Probably both tbh
Lol. I meant it’s happened before. Katrina cars poped up all over with clean titles. And huge issues. But history like repeating since we never fixed the hole in the damn dam and there’s no little dutch boy around to save everyone.
Wouldn’t this be applicable to any EV and not just a particular brand that it’s popular to throw into titles for maximum views right now?
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.
Didn’t The Dipshit say that Teslas can be used as boats at one point?
Only the cybertruck I think, but in the end neither will be able to so it doesnt matter. I work with tesla and will never even consider buying one, even apart from all the stuff muskrat is doing.
Were the cars good before he bought the company?
I dont know, but i would probably say yes. I only started working with them ~3 years ago. My big issue with them is that they seem to have no idea what they want or what theyre doing. Constantly changing plans, requirements, shipment dates, shipment locations, color specs, etc. All of their engineers ive talked to are super young, they must be new hires. But such overarching disorganization must come from the top.
I figured people would have stopped considering one when it came out that Tesla employees made memes out of Tesla drivers as apparently they’ve been spying on people via the cameras on the car. Which isn’t enough that they did that, but they were encouraged to share the memes around the office.
Idk man, and the fact people suggest tweeting (or x-ing) Elon if you run into difficulties with the Tesla stores (such as warranty). I find it insane. That’s if you separate Elon from the brand Tesla, but if you don’t it’s all the more. He is a highly vindictive, self-centred ego fuelled bag of lies which is a personal reason I don’t like Tesla.
Saltwater and basically anything is a bad combination
Not to sea fishes.
Fact: 100% of fish that come in to contact with saltwater at any point in their lives, end up dying.
sad truth
And the truth that eye doctors rarely ever go into is that this is also true for sea birds and baby dingos.
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.
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.
Also, IP rating is not valid for salt water or any other fluids such as alcohol, only fresh water
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.
If manufactured properly, they should be.
Water ingress can happen where cables plug into places - literally like a straw that draws water towards the battery pack. Again, if properly sealed, this should not be an issue.
But I can’t imagine any modern vehicle surviving being flooded by saltwater. If not the battery then any other electrical component, or even the motor, would corrode over the coming days, weeks, months.
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If previous incidents are anything to go by, most batteries that actually react that way are physically damaged during the Hurricane part. Usually the teslas are fine even completely submerged.
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
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Seems like the NHTSA needs to expedite regulations around protecting batteries from salt water.
Does insurance cover this?
> be a burger driving muh Tesla (sniffs farts)
> suddenly drowned in flood
> bursts into flames
Such is life in Burgeristan
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?
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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.
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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.
Do you know water is a chemical?
