Next door has a Tesla. Haven’t seen it since our last cold snap.
Coworker lived next door to a tesla driver. One day the tesla stopped out of power 300’ from home. Her husband grabbed a gas can and went in the yard.
Waved the can at her and said: Ive got some….Oh never mind! 🤣
The guy next to me in my office has a Tesla model Y.
I told him a while back that I appreciate when he parks it far away from the rest of our cars in the parking lot. That way I don’t have too look for it in the morning to make sure I do not park near.
He thought I was kidding. I was not. I will not park next to it.
as a preemptive move, you might wanna have a hose at the ready if the house is close to yours- in the spring and summer and fall of course- Not to put out the fire, but to soak your house incase flames get out of control which they are more likely to with battery fires as they are really intense fires-
Electric cars have a heater that is meant to warm the battery up before it is charged. If this system does not work properly and somehow the battery is charged before it is warmed up, the cells that are still too cold can be permanently damaged. The battery has to be removed from the car and replaced. The dealer cannot make the required repairs to the battery themselves.
If the owners ignore the warning messages that will likely appear telling them there is something wrong with their battery... the likelihood that the battery will catch on fire are greatly increased.