3 Cybertrucks Caught Fire After Underbody Strikes. Tesla Now Sells a $3,500 Battery Shield Upgrade. - FuelArc News
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TL;DR: At least three Cybertrucks have caught fire after crashes involving fire hydrants or other strikes beneath the truck. Tesla now sells owners a battery shield for $3,500. Call it shrinkflation, because when the same basic thing happened in 2013, Tesla offered owners additional battery armor for free while under investigation by the NHTSA. Tesla […]

I mean, I’m glad Tesla built a fix, but it’s sort of tacky to ship a $75,000+ truck and then sell the fireproofing separately.

  • GreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.netEnglish
    51·
    4 hours ago

    A shield upgrade? My racecar has that. Made out of 1/4" steel to give extra perfection to the oil pan. It was free. Left over metal on the shop floor. Also my racecar isn’t prone to catching on fire like a Tesla but, I still have a fire extinguisher in it.

    • invertedspear@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      3 hours ago

      A fire extinguisher ain’t gonna touch a battery fire. There really isn’t much you can do besides keep things away from it while it burns itself out.

      • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        You can drop the whole thing into a tank of water. Cooling it down is basically the only way to stop an EV fire because it’s an exothermic, often self oxidizing reaction.

        Fire departments are starting to deploy mobile water containers for it.

        • Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 hours ago

          Damage to the cells can make them ignite. Fires cause damage. They are known to reignite later.

          But at least you can tow them somewhere else to burn.