this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2025

70 points (100.0% liked)

Tesla

1525 readers

1 users here now

Discussion of Tesla, Inc

About Tesla

Tesla Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors) is an energy + technology company originally from California and currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

They produce electric vehicles (with a heavy focus on autonomy), batteries, and energy/solar products for the grid.

Tesla’s mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.

Related communities:

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

70

Electrek: Tesla Cybertruck 'exploded' in front of Trump Hotel (electrek.co)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Eideen to c/tesla

19 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Lead acid batteries can off-gas hydrogen.
Not sure exactly what liion batteries create other than 'vapor'. It certainly can explode in a similar way.
https://www.evfiresafe.com/ is a good resource on ev fire behaviour.