Submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination::undefined
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?
Tesla doesn’t advertise so any clickbait involving them is fair game.
You know who does adverise? Other competing manufacturers and boy do they have a hard-on for advertising on news sites and broadcasts. Coincidence?
At least 2 Teslas
Wow, what a huge issue!
Didn’t The Dipshit once say that Teslas can be used as boats at one point?
Tesla CEO is considering lawsuit against saltwater.
I assumed he was going to blame the Jews.
Oh no! anyway…
Seems like the NHTSA needs to expedite regulations around protecting batteries from salt water.
I’d be surprised if there weren’t some kind of guidelines already but once we see EVs on the road 25-30 years old held together with duct tape things might get interesting.
Let’s keep pretending like Teslas and EVs are horribly dangerous compared to ICE cars.
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.
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.
Yeah. I don’t know if teslas are particularly worse on the design side (but we can make an educated guess…) but I would not expect any EV to hold up for an extended period of submersion.
But also… people should realize how heinous all the water anywhere near an ICE car is when it is submerged. Or, you know, all the sewers that are flooded too.
Like, flood water is some of the vilest shit in existence. You are LUCKY if you only get hepatitis from swimming around in it.
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.
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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?
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.
Ever seen a 30 year old car from where it snows a lot? They have rust holes that eat clean through the floor. We don’t have EVs that old yet but I seriously wonder how big of a problem that might be, as the salt will eat through the battery tray at a certain point. Especially for some of the budget EVs like the Bolt.
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leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 1 year ago
I’m all for bashing Tesla. It’s good fun. But this applies to all EVs and lithium ion batteries that came into contact with salt water.
Bad TechSpot! Bad!
I wonder if a laptop would blow up, too. Probably, right?
coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Classic click baiting. If it was about laptops the title would contain ‘Apple’. Popular brands work well in titles.
chakan2@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s in the article.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The title is still clickbait.
SeducingCamel@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Yeah definitely, I remember sailing in the ocean when I was in Sea Scouts and one of our leaders had his battery let out the magic smoke on his phone, no lithium fire luckily