Whoa that.. is going to have repercussions all over the place.
m1nhuh
Does this only happy when it is plugged in?Â
SpinCharm
What does it mean to say salt water warning? Did it drive through salt water earlier? Was there salt water flooding into the garage? Did they drive by the ocean and it sprayed mist on the car?
phansen101
Salt water ~~conducts~~ is a pretty good conductor of electricity, if it gets in your battery pack then it’s effectively shorting it out, which generally ends badly.
maglifzpinch
Yeah, if you get flooded with salt water do not get an electric car, that’s basic physics.
SyntheticOne
Nuff said. Not buying a place on the beach!
Perhaps Elon could return some of his recent multibillion dollar payday so that Tesla Manufacturing can install decent waterproof gaskets on its vehicles? It really isn’t space science.
Suitguy2017
Odd that the water isn’t even up to the undercarriage yet……..
Edit: is this a Model X?
Investman333
Fuck now media is gonna use this to make EVs look bad
blast3001
Something about this just doesn’t seem right to me. The battery packs are sealed and I’ve seen countless videos of Teslas driving in high water.
The lights on the garage door turn on at the same time the fire starts. It’s almost like there was a power surge or something. This doesn’t look to me like the fire started just because of the water.
Oglark
If it had been one of the Chinese LiFePO4 battery cars, it would not have caught fire.
draken2019
The way that flame puffs out makes me wonder if there wasn’t vaporized gas on the floor.
isunktheship
I didn’t know Teslas had internal combustion
ReddittAppIsTerrible
…and gas could do this at ANYTIME.
Cool.
silvrado
Ugh.. Not a good look for EVs. That garage is a mess tho.
PrinciplePrior87
Have ya tried that experiment thatyou put a wire in water and a light bulb and plug it in then start adding salt it will cause the light bulb to start flickeand turn on i believe theres a video about it i saw it back in school in lab we got to do some experiments lolz before parents got there panties in a bunch of
manitou202
Honestly this doesn’t make sense that EVs are catching on fire after exposure to salt water. I know multiple EVs have, but all of their electronics and HV battery should be completely sealed from water. The only exception would be if the water was several feet deep and shorted something like the 12V battery.
Yes salt water corrodes many materials much faster, but it shouldn’t be this fast. Think about all the salt used on the roads in snowy climates.
Birdmonster115599
This honestly looks like another example of poor Tesla quality. That battery pack should of been sealed well enough to keep water out, the fact it wasn’t means this car was a ticking clock.
Azzura68
Ughhh big deal – here is an ICE vehicle cathing fire sitting in the driveway….
In my opinion there appears to be some type of combustible gas/liquid involved in this fire. I don’t think that would be coming from the electric car, and salt water is not combustible. The electrical parts in the EV may have ignited the liquid and once the battery catches fire it will certainly add to the fire, but I think there was more danger factors than just salt water + EV.
leftplayer
How would you explain the garage door opener light lighting up exactly when the fire started?
Garage door opener lights do not have motion detection, they normally light up when you open the garage door, so the fact that it lit up spontaneously indicates a power surge.
Also the audio isn’t that clear but it sounds like thunder, but that may just be the Tesla arcing out.
Either way, to me this indicates a power surge. The Tesla may have been hooked up to charge so a power surge, especially if it’s lightning, may have caused the fire.
comoestasmiyamo
FYI we have a saltwater flooded X in our workshop. We haven’t pulled the pack for testing yet but it has consistently not been on fire for quite some time.
EuphoricElderberry73
What year of X? Wasn’t the issue with S/X until 2017 – water ingress issues with the packs? Battery packs should be completely sealed and modern EVs have had recalls when packs are discovered to be non water tight (I.e BMW i4 had this recall briefly).
99borks
I don’t live in that area, but streamed 10 Tampa Bay news to watch their Helene coverage. They mentioned repeatedly about the risk of EV fires, which had happened during other recent flooding. Thought it was maybe fearmongering, but apparently it’s a thing.
Would seem to make sense for a seawater flooding test to be part of new EV model certifications. I’m not saying that it’s an easy problem to solve, but does seem like an engineering shortcoming. Think I had read that less than 1% of flooded EVs had an issue, so curious what is different in those cases. Maybe just the degree of submersion or something like that.
LessSearch
There are videos on YouTube about this Norwegian shop fixing Tesla batteries that were flooded and failed, and a common issue is the umbrella valves that lose sealing ability. I wonder if those valves play a part in this.
EricAbmaMorrison
Notice, flammable. Not explosive.
Unlike petrol cars.
Dry-Put-4726
Damn
Fishbulb2
😬
Trajikbpm
Typical Tesla
Latios19
The other day I commented on another post about this possibly happening and of course EV fans jumped to say this could happen to gas cars blablabla I was just mentioned I’m afraid of parking an EV in the garage and these people get all emotional about it…
If I get an EV, I for sure won’t be parking it inside the garage. 🤓
Lil_Miss_Behavin
Ouch!!! If that happened to my Model-S I’d be devastated!
Mod-Quad
Water didn’t get into the battery enclosure, it shorted at the HV connectors. The main battery disconnect needs to be pulled in situations like this. Better owner education needed.
Psychological_Fig377
So the other many videos of Teslas driving through deep water, I’m guessing sometimes salt water and happily arriving safely on the other side is my imagination, Okay got it
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I hope everyone got out ok! Wow!
Whoa that.. is going to have repercussions all over the place.
Does this only happy when it is plugged in?Â
What does it mean to say salt water warning? Did it drive through salt water earlier? Was there salt water flooding into the garage? Did they drive by the ocean and it sprayed mist on the car?
Salt water ~~conducts~~ is a pretty good conductor of electricity, if it gets in your battery pack then it’s effectively shorting it out, which generally ends badly.
Yeah, if you get flooded with salt water do not get an electric car, that’s basic physics.
Nuff said. Not buying a place on the beach!
Perhaps Elon could return some of his recent multibillion dollar payday so that Tesla Manufacturing can install decent waterproof gaskets on its vehicles? It really isn’t space science.
Odd that the water isn’t even up to the undercarriage yet……..
Edit: is this a Model X?
Fuck now media is gonna use this to make EVs look bad
Something about this just doesn’t seem right to me. The battery packs are sealed and I’ve seen countless videos of Teslas driving in high water.
The lights on the garage door turn on at the same time the fire starts. It’s almost like there was a power surge or something. This doesn’t look to me like the fire started just because of the water.
If it had been one of the Chinese LiFePO4 battery cars, it would not have caught fire.
The way that flame puffs out makes me wonder if there wasn’t vaporized gas on the floor.
I didn’t know Teslas had internal combustion
…and gas could do this at ANYTIME.
Cool.
Ugh.. Not a good look for EVs. That garage is a mess tho.
Have ya tried that experiment thatyou put a wire in water and a light bulb and plug it in then start adding salt it will cause the light bulb to start flickeand turn on i believe theres a video about it i saw it back in school in lab we got to do some experiments lolz before parents got there panties in a bunch of
Honestly this doesn’t make sense that EVs are catching on fire after exposure to salt water. I know multiple EVs have, but all of their electronics and HV battery should be completely sealed from water. The only exception would be if the water was several feet deep and shorted something like the 12V battery.
Yes salt water corrodes many materials much faster, but it shouldn’t be this fast. Think about all the salt used on the roads in snowy climates.
This honestly looks like another example of poor Tesla quality.
That battery pack should of been sealed well enough to keep water out, the fact it wasn’t means this car was a ticking clock.
Ughhh big deal – here is an ICE vehicle cathing fire sitting in the driveway….
[https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/24/business/nissan-suv-driveway-explosion/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/24/business/nissan-suv-driveway-explosion/index.html)
In my opinion there appears to be some type of combustible gas/liquid involved in this fire. I don’t think that would be coming from the electric car, and salt water is not combustible. The electrical parts in the EV may have ignited the liquid and once the battery catches fire it will certainly add to the fire, but I think there was more danger factors than just salt water + EV.
How would you explain the garage door opener light lighting up exactly when the fire started?
Garage door opener lights do not have motion detection, they normally light up when you open the garage door, so the fact that it lit up spontaneously indicates a power surge.
Also the audio isn’t that clear but it sounds like thunder, but that may just be the Tesla arcing out.
Either way, to me this indicates a power surge. The Tesla may have been hooked up to charge so a power surge, especially if it’s lightning, may have caused the fire.
FYI we have a saltwater flooded X in our workshop. We haven’t pulled the pack for testing yet but it has consistently not been on fire for quite some time.
What year of X? Wasn’t the issue with S/X until 2017 – water ingress issues with the packs? Battery packs should be completely sealed and modern EVs have had recalls when packs are discovered to be non water tight (I.e BMW i4 had this recall briefly).
I don’t live in that area, but streamed 10 Tampa Bay news to watch their Helene coverage. They mentioned repeatedly about the risk of EV fires, which had happened during other recent flooding. Thought it was maybe fearmongering, but apparently it’s a thing.
Would seem to make sense for a seawater flooding test to be part of new EV model certifications. I’m not saying that it’s an easy problem to solve, but does seem like an engineering shortcoming. Think I had read that less than 1% of flooded EVs had an issue, so curious what is different in those cases. Maybe just the degree of submersion or something like that.
There are videos on YouTube about this Norwegian shop fixing Tesla batteries that were flooded and failed, and a common issue is the umbrella valves that lose sealing ability. I wonder if those valves play a part in this.
Notice, flammable. Not explosive.
Unlike petrol cars.
Damn
😬
Typical Tesla
The other day I commented on another post about this possibly happening and of course EV fans jumped to say this could happen to gas cars blablabla
I was just mentioned I’m afraid of parking an EV in the garage and these people get all emotional about it…
If I get an EV, I for sure won’t be parking it inside the garage. 🤓
Ouch!!! If that happened to my Model-S I’d be devastated!
Water didn’t get into the battery enclosure, it shorted at the HV connectors. The main battery disconnect needs to be pulled in situations like this. Better owner education needed.
So the other many videos of Teslas driving through deep water, I’m guessing sometimes salt water and happily arriving safely on the other side is my imagination, Okay got it