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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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 on some models, which may not include battery protection because they would in most cases not get in contact with water.