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Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination (www.techspot.com)
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Teslas are bursting into flames in Florida after being flooded during Hurricane Idalia | Saltwater and lithium-ion batteries are a bad combination::undefined

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[–] Tibert@compuverse.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well tesla has been publicised in multiple places as having bad quality control.

So maybe I could also guess that they cut out some design costs, which may include battery protection which would in most cases not get in contact with water.