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Environment & Energy

getagrip_already

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4. It's the salt....

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 5, 2023, 05:40 PM

Sep 2023

It causes a short that overheats the batteries and poof.

Elon is an idiot. The last place you want to be in moving water is a vehicle. You will be swept downcurrent and trapped very quickly. That kills lots of people. They are not boats. They are tombs.

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Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia [View all] Caribbeans Sep 2023 OP

Yeah.... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #1

Shouldn't the Tesla CEO face some kind of reprimand... Caribbeans Sep 2023 #3

It's the salt.... getagrip_already Sep 2023 #4

The salt conducts electricity... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #6

Pure water doesn't conduct electricity BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #7

I did not know that, Thank you!... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #10

Yeah, don't do that :) BlueIn_W_Pa Sep 2023 #11

Stopped me just in time! Think. Again. Sep 2023 #13

In the winter here, the roads are wet and salty C_U_L8R Sep 2023 #2

Maybe they should've gotten the undercoating JohnQFunk Sep 2023 #5

I do not like musk... Think. Again. Sep 2023 #8

Come on Musk, the genius you think you are.......................... Lovie777 Sep 2023 #9

To put this in context, that's 1 out of every 31,000 of Tesla's Florida sales in 2021/22 OnlinePoker Sep 2023 #12

The giggling at a tragedy is duly noted. NNadir Sep 2023 #14

Thank you Mickju Sep 2023 #15