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I still feel like it's a design flaw. Smartphones went through a similar headache period. Water damage killed countless phones, and the standard reply back then
by subroutine 3y ago
I still feel like it's a design flaw. Smartphones went through a similar headache period. Water damage killed countless phones, and the standard reply back then was it's your fault - pay up. In this case, it is arguable that cars should be more resistant to getting wet than phones.
I guess my question is, why isn't the battery and its early connecters better sealed off from water, and is there anything you can put in place to prevent bricking a $17k part if it detects water intrusion.
- TrapLord_Rhodo 3y ago>I guess my question is, why isn't the battery and its early connecters better sealed off from water, and is there anything you can put in place to prevent bricking a $17k part if it detects water intrusion. You should read walter isaicsons new book on Elon. Elon maniacally checks every requirement and process. They literally talk about this in the book. It was deemed "Stupid" to have inserts to make the bottom of the cabin waterproof.
- _ea1k 3y agoI agree. They should be much more robust against this than they are. I think Rivian does quite a bit better. I'm not sure how other manufacturers compare.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoIf you seal it too well it becomes an explosive
- invalidname 3y agoGreat point. It's also much harder to service which is also true for phones. But we discard phones after a couple of years, cars should be serviceable for decades.
- dzhiurgis 3y agoYet somehow you are far less likely need to service sealed phone...
- subroutine 3y agoAnd are waterproof phones blowing up more often than phones a decade ago?
- dzhiurgis 3y agoThe scale is few orders of magnitude off
- subroutine 3y agoThey already run coolant through tesla batteries so they must be water tight to some degree. The connectors got wet in this situation. That's just poor craftsmanship.
- D13Fd 3y agoI agree, but internal combustion engines also die if you drive in a surprisingly shallow flood. I think it’s a design flaw for them too.
- flashback2199 3y agoNot if you have a snorkel on the engine.
- me_me_me 3y agoreally? Is a meter of water shallow flood? Its a car not a boat. Unless you are an offroad vehicle, do you really expect cars to be crossing anything bigger than big puddle of water?
- cm2187 3y agoOffroad. As in SUV. Isn't that car supposed to be an SUV?