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.

  • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
    2·
    9 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
      4·
      9 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.

      • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Lithium batteries contain little to no pure lithium.

        It’s similar to saying that putting salt in water is a bad move because pure sodium reacts violently with water.