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

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[–] chakan2 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This warning applies not only to electric sedans, trucks, and SUVs but also to smaller and lighter electric vehicles like golf carts, scooters, and bicycles that also have rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.

It's in the article.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 43 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The title is still clickbait.

[–] chakan2 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sort of...two Teslas caught on fire...I haven't heard of any other EVs spontaneously combusting.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Teslas are by far some of the most popular EVs. When someone thinks EV they think Tesla.

At least near me I see 10 teslas for every ID.4, taycan or ev6. Until someone else steps up their game tesla has quite the lead on sales thanks to their head start. Volkswagen is the only company making a fairly affordable EV that people actually want and that only states recently. EV6 could catch up but Kia dealers are almost universally shit here in the US.

[–] Sallal 2 points 1 year ago

Where I'm from. I see 50 ID4 for every Tesla, and that's being generous. The world is a bigger market than just the US.