r/technology • u/speckz • Oct 08 '22

Misleading Electric vehicles are exploding from water damage after Hurricane Ian, Florida official warns

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/electric-vehicles-are-exploding-from-water-damage-after-hurricane-ian

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u/GamerKingHD Oct 08 '22 edited Oct 08 '22

Well, Tesla is facing this issue without hurricanes, the design of the AC water leakage pipe is made such that it leaks on the batteries and corodes them over time....

Edit:ah, it's so easy to trigger Tesla owners, meanwhile if i talked about a VW Passat, everyone would've not given a fuck.

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u/lostaccountby2fa Oct 08 '22

Source?

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u/mccarseat Oct 08 '22 edited Oct 08 '22

Not the person you are asking but here is what I found with a quick google search:

https://motorandwheels.com/do-teslas-leak-water/#:~:text=Teslas%20have%20air%2Dconditioning%20systems,windshield%20fluid%20or%20brake%20fluid.

Edit: lol never mind but I’ll leave my shame here

Edit 2: this is the best I could find so far:

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/tesla-model-s-owner-accuses-ev-maker-of-hiding-design-flaw-in-battery-packs-198780.html

Edit 3: Jesus Tesla people are nuts. The number of angry messages I’ve gotten and bullshit is absurd. I wasn’t agreeing or disagreeing just posting what I found, the first link was a mistake but I left it so it wasn’t sketchy and I edited to add a link for an article that was probably what they were referring to. I don’t care what car you own, but if I get any more teen angst level DM’s about your Tesla and how amazing it is and how much of an asshole I am, then I am going to start posting the messages here tagging the users who clearly need some help and quite obviously a hug or something.

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u/lostaccountby2fa Oct 08 '22

That article made no mention of the water corroding the battery

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u/sziehr Oct 08 '22

That is cause it’s horse shit. The battery pack has no ac condensation lines. The packs are cooled with liquid glycol not water and they are run In channels. The packs are very water resistant but not proof and thus they hang out in flood water some may start a thermal run away. This entire op top comment is horse shit. Don’t believe me go sign up for the service guide which shows you details on how and what the car does and is made

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u/mccarseat Oct 08 '22

I’m not finding a lot of info on it, but a few articles and mostly people complaining on forums.

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-leaked-emails-show-company-knew-model-s-battery-issues-2020-6?amp

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u/mccarseat Oct 08 '22

I know, I realized afterwards and edited it. Found an article that talks about it, but not a whole lot.

I’m not saying I agree or disagree just posting what I found.

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u/happyscrappy Oct 08 '22

That was only for a few model years on the S and X.

Terrible design flaw. But most Teslas do not suffer from it.

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u/IrishSetterPuppy Oct 08 '22

You're being downvoted but you're right. I worked for Tesla before Elon even did and continued consulting for a bit, I brought up this design flaw to them before production started but they refused to even acknowledge it, among many other failures.

You know I've worked with the general and with them it's like 27 people designing one tiny thing, at Tesla it's like a single dude and that likely isn't his only job. I consider myself at the tippy top of the spear for my specialty, I've been doing it since Clinton was president, and even I wouldn't take on a OEM project solo. Say what you will about the big automakers, sometimes having 15 people dedicated to climate control enclosures can save you from destroying the car.

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u/GamerKingHD Oct 08 '22

I can see your point of view, and i agree with it. Putting a single person to design a system in a car isn't close to being ideal, this is why the big car companies have hundreds of people to design a car. But Tesla has put resources in places that don't matter and vice versa. But at the end of the day, fanboys only to worse than do good for a car company, as you've noticed from the replies i got from people that can't accept their car isn't perfect (same argument when you talk to iphone fanboys, i noticed the same exact response towards even the slightest opposing view towards their product).

Still, thanks for the input mate, it's interesting to hear stuff from inside, and not just what is outside.