Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia
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As reported by CBS News, at least two Teslas caught fire in Florida after being submerged in saltwater during the flooding that accompanied Hurricane Idalia. One of...

Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination::undefined

  • Tibert@compuverse.ukEnglish
    74·
    10 months ago

    Maybe all brands, but can’t be sure.

    Tesla is “known” or at lest publicised in multiple places that they have pretty bad quality control, and I guess also bad design on some parts.

    So bad protection on the battery at tesla design? Maybe? Is there a “review” on car internals somewhere? I have no idea.

    Could another vehicle survive the same thing? Who knows, maybe? Maybe not?

    Tho there are some who said they went with a tesla directly into water slashing over the hood. So maybe some are waterproof?

    • persolb@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      I looked at this awhile ago. There is a google doc maintained by some anti-Tesla investors who track every fire that can find. It is still much lower than the US average fires per car.

      I think it gets more attention because:

      1. some people are financially incentivized and;
      2. battery fires really are a much worse deal than a normal car fire

      The advice I’ve been given (on train/bus batteries) is to shove the vehicle if safe when it starts; then do whatever possible to fully submerge in fresh water. Obviously that isn’t really feasible.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      You asked a lot of questions that you didn’t know the answer to. A good journalist would have attempted to answer most of those questions in the article. Seeing how these questions weren’t answered, it’s safe to say this was a clickbait article written by a trash journalist.