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Wasn't a previous Tesla fire caused by a bit of metal debris on the road puncturing the batteries, a la the Concorde crash? That wouldn't be a crash per se, bu
by TillE 8y ago
Wasn't a previous Tesla fire caused by a bit of metal debris on the road puncturing the batteries, a la the Concorde crash?
That wouldn't be a crash per se, but neither is it spontaneous combustion. It's just the kind of not-too-unusual damage which should probably be better planned for.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoA trailer hitch, that was levered into the battery pack. Tesla mitigates that failure scenario (at least on the Model S) with a titanium shield across the entire battery pack, with a metal assembly near the front of the vehicle to break an object apart that exceeds the clearance of the undercarriage.
- greglindahl 8y agoNormally the car notifies the driver that there's a battery problem, and that they should pull over and exit the car.