As Hurricane Idalia caused flooding, some electric vehicles exposed to saltwater caught fire

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[–]Brewdabier 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

And if any vehical is submerged in water just about every insurance company will declare it non salvageable. So this IMO is not news.

[–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's news to people who don't understand the peculiar hazards here. Regular cars will just go to crap in crazy ways with electrical gremlins and secret mold and corrosion problems. Electric cars can burn the neighborhood down. As they write:

Some EV owners are unaware of the risks from flooding, he added. "I have heard EV owners say, 'I don't have an engine that can be flooded so I can drive in deep water.' That's not the case."

[–]cunninglingus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yep, insurance company still pays for a totalled a car (less the deductable), though the carbon footprint for imolated cars and occasional unwitting drivers is now rather high, not to mention poisoned folks downwind thanks to toxic fluoride gas emissions from the lithium-ion car battery fires.

[–]UncleLucy7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Very interesting.

[–]Brewdabier 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

fluoride gas emissions

Fluoride emissions, in the form of gaseous hydrogen fluoride and sodium and aluminium fluorides and unused cryolite as particulates, are the major undesirable fume component produced in the aluminium smelting process.

Lithium-ion.

Lithium-ion are in Bluetooth Headsets and Headphones, Cell Phones, Computer Peripherals, Digital Cameras, ereaders, Game Controllers, Laptops, Smoke/Fire/Carbon Monoxide Detectors, Tablets and so many other things so if the world stop making electric vehicles we would still be exposed the same dangers of toxic fluoride gas emissions and lithium-ion. So what's your next what about ?.

[–]cunninglingus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

so if the world stop making electric vehicles we would still be exposed the same dangers of toxic fluoride gas emissions and lithium-ion.

Don't leave them in salt water. (They're also smaller.)

I didn't argue against the making of electric cars. I'm very much in favor of them. I argue that Musky's post is newsworthy (see item to which I respond). And I'd argue that Li-ion batteries should be in water-proof containers.

[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well good. Fuck Musk.

[–]monkeymama 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is easy to curse Elon musk, but it is not so easy to design and build an electric car and a rocket and the so many other things that he does design.

What is your claim to fame, ikeconn?

[–]twolanterns 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the energy density in these modern batteries effectively make them explosives