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      11-18-2022, 08:20 AM   #1
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      11-18-2022, 08:48 AM   #2
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Cool story.
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I think this can be a problem for just about any EV.
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I think this can be a problem for just about any car.
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Guess the battery got punctured...
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when a "large piece of debris" went underneath the car, causing it to begin to smoke.
Generally a bad thing to do to your car in general.... EV or not. Now with these EVs the "gas" tank is the whole bottom of your car.

I wonder how long before parking garages ban EVs because their sprinkler systems can't put out their fires?
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      11-18-2022, 10:05 AM   #6
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Guess I'll stay with ICE, they never catch on fire.
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Well, it's not an External combustion engine
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"A Tesla burst into flames on a Pennsylvania highway late Tuesday morning, burning so hot as to only be recognizable by its rims, firefighters said."

It's 2022 and supposed educated people are still using this word.

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Battery punctures on Teslas has been discussed ad nauseum before there were really any other EV on the market except the Leaf. Tesla has a pretty heavy duty steel plate on the bottom of the battery box AIRC. It's designed to take hits from metal road debris like rebar and such. Maybe the coupe ran over a 1969 Schwinn Stingray with high-rise bars, a banana seat and fork extensions that fell off a pickup going to the dump.
Makes sense, or it would happen more often. It's not like some ICE cars don't use only plastic for their oil pans and gas tanks.
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The difference is, BMW issued a recall and is fixing the issue. Not much you can do if you own a Tesla.
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I thought GM trademarked External Combustion Engine for the Fiero back in the '80s?
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Statistically speaking, the chances of your car catching fire is minimal to begin with, EV or ICE. Honest question, how many of you guys actually had your car catch fire in all the years that we've been driving? I'm far more worried about distracted drivers in their lifted trucks or behemoth SUVs driving 80+ on the freeway. Those things can drive straight over my F87 like it's a speed bump. I hope your decision to buy a car isn't solely or heavily based on how it will fare if it catches on fire, as there are bigger risks (and more probable to happen) to consider. Unless of course, the entire point of this thread is all about EV BAD, ICE GOOD
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Unless of course, the entire point of this thread is all about EV BAD, ICE GOOD
As is tradition
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you know this the eptiome of how un trustable anything posted on the internet is and how people jump to conclusions. all we know this guy was part of the mob and got car bombed...or he lit it on fire himself.

like a car lights on fire....inserts brand CARS LIGHT On FIRE OMG
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the rims must have been the Uberheavy ones
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Guess I'll stay with ICE, they never catch on fire.
Yep, I've never, EVER, EVER seen an ICE car engulfed in flames on Georgia 400 on my way downtown with two lanes of traffic blocked by emergency vehicles dousing said car with water. Never.
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      11-18-2022, 02:43 PM   #20
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Yeah I never saw flooding/ salt water ignite an ICE car either. (Hurricane Ian damage- Teslas spontaneously combusting)
Lots of apologists here for EVs 🙄
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The difference is, BMW issued a recall and is fixing the issue. Not much you can do if you own a Tesla.
Difference is, once your bmw is on fire they can’t fix the issue. Same with Tesla.
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Yep, I've never, EVER, EVER seen an ICE car engulfed in flames on Georgia 400 on my way downtown with two lanes of traffic blocked by emergency vehicles dousing said car with water. Never.
Not to mention the Porsche engine fires as well.

Yup those things never happen to ICE lol
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