10 October 2022

Electric Vehicles versus Salt Water

Water always wins. Rust never sleeps. Add in some salt, and the rust shows up pretty fast. Electric vehicles catching fire in Florida after Hurricane Ian

Electric car owners have seen their rides catch fire after becoming waterlogged during Hurricane Ian and it can take hours to put the conflagrations out, a top Florida official warned Thursday.

As the Sunshine State recovers from the punishing Category 4 storm that made landfall last week, first responders have faced further destruction from electric vehicles that were submerged in water from the extensive flooding and later caught fire

If you click thru the images are of a Tesla fire being extinguished.

As someone noted on Twitter...

This looks very environmentally friendly

See also the previous post on smaller EVs and other tech using lithium-ion batteries.

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