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Tesla electric car - capcom - 04-22-2021
Autonomous tesla car runs straight into a tree, kills the two passengers and it took 120,000 litres of water to extinguish the battery flames.
Re: Tesla electric car - ElwoodBlues1 - 04-22-2021
(04-22-2021, 10:20 AM)capcom link Wrote:Autonomous tesla car runs straight into a tree, kills the two passengers and it took 120,000 litres of water to extinguish the flames.Elon for sure will have some excuse but I guess this is the price of progress as bugs get ironed out of these high tech software/devices. Seeing more Teslas on the road now however the business still cant make a clear profit and relies on selling regulatory credits to make the books look good.
Thats some fire , lithium of course reacts with water and can cause fire, bit like driving with a couple of bombs onboard.
Brother inlaw has a hybrid Rav4 and raves about the economy......think I'll stick to something of that ilk next time I buy a vehicle.
Re: Tesla electric car - kruddler - 04-22-2021
(04-22-2021, 10:20 AM)capcom link Wrote:Autonomous tesla car runs straight into a tree, kills the two passengers and it took 120,000 litres of water to extinguish the battery flames.
Watched an episode of Grand Tour in which Richard Hammond crashed a new electric supercar. Burst into flames.
Afterwards they said that the fire re-started itself 4 times over the coming days and kept having to be put out.
Each time it was because a new battery cell got damaged/failed and restarted the fire.
There is A LOT of energy in a lithium battery.
Have a look at some of the videos of phone battery testing that goes on. Scary.
Re: Tesla electric car - Gointocarlton - 04-22-2021
(04-22-2021, 10:20 AM)capcom link Wrote:Autonomous tesla car runs straight into a tree, kills the two passengers and it took 120,000 litres of water to extinguish the battery flames.Wouldnt happen with an LJ 308 Stroker ;D ;D
Re: Tesla electric car - capcom - 04-22-2021
Imagine a serious pile up of EVs on a freeway. I would never get into a car without my mitts on the wheel.
Re: Tesla electric car - Gointocarlton - 04-22-2021
(04-22-2021, 11:09 AM)capcom link Wrote:Imagine a serious pile up of EVs on a freeway. I would never get into a car without my mitts on the wheel.For what's its worth, Tesla released a statement that the "auto pilot" was not on according to retrieved data logs.
Re: Tesla electric car - capcom - 04-22-2021
The US markets certainly had some doubts about his business. The boy's always got an excuse for his failures.
Re: Tesla electric car - Thryleon - 04-22-2021
(04-22-2021, 11:19 AM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:For what's its worth, Tesla released a statement that the "auto pilot" was not on according to retrieved data logs.
Isn't that worse?
I.e. it went from on to off
Re: Tesla electric car - Gointocarlton - 04-22-2021
(04-22-2021, 12:11 PM)Thryleon link Wrote:Isn't that worse?They may have never had it on.
I.e. it went from on to off
Re: Tesla electric car - northernblue - 04-22-2021
(04-22-2021, 12:31 PM)Gointocarlton link Wrote:They may have never had it on.Wasn’t one occupant in the back seat and the other in the passenger seat ?!