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Pennsylvania Tesla bursts into flames, photos show unrecognizable metal husk
Fox News ^ | 11/18/2022 | Bradford Betz

Posted on 11/18/2022 7:49:44 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

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To: Mark17

> Do you think it can be repaired? <

I just took a look at the car. A few spots will need some Bondo work. The rest of the damage will buff right out.


41 posted on 11/18/2022 8:17:20 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What...no photos of ICE cars on fire?


42 posted on 11/18/2022 8:17:42 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Metal Husk => Musk


43 posted on 11/18/2022 8:18:49 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Dutch Boy

The battery pack burns at very high temperature. Extremely difficult to extinguish. Typically 30,000 gallons of water.


44 posted on 11/18/2022 8:19:36 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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If I started a band, it would be called Metal Husk.


45 posted on 11/18/2022 8:20:41 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: entropy12

they have to get the price of gas high enough so the EV seems competitive

unfortunately their war on conventional fuels are driving electricity prices as well

but thats ok cuz in the end they will just mandate

and it will be shut up and get on the bus

which is the real goal


46 posted on 11/18/2022 8:21:56 AM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Goal of course is to either prevent the fire or get the people out of the car as fast as possible.

Last resort:


47 posted on 11/18/2022 8:24:03 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: SaxxonWoods

Very good point. I am sure in a couple of hundred years, when oil supplies are gone, EV’s might be the right option. Right now, I see no financial advantage in owning an EV. Even the electricity used to charge EV batteries comes overwhelming majority from fossil fuels and nuclear and hydro. But may be 500 years from now, fossil fuels will be exhausted and we will be using soalr and wind. Right now it is the most expensive form of energy.

What the American liberals completely ignore is China & India are right at this moment building brand new coal fired power plants at the rate of MORE THAN ONE EVERY WEEK.

So China & India use the cheapest form of energy (after hydro) but American businesses will be forced to use the mos t expensive Green energy.


48 posted on 11/18/2022 8:24:26 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: entropy12

My Acura MDX went 250K and is probably still going. I donated it and they were happy to get it.


49 posted on 11/18/2022 8:26:53 AM PST by cnsmom
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To: The_Media_never_lie

<>why the rush?<>

Our government masters are neck deep in making big money off the new industry they force on an unwilling public.


50 posted on 11/18/2022 8:41:21 AM PST by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: Mark17

Just needs duct tape.


51 posted on 11/18/2022 8:49:23 AM PST by EEGator
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To: ChicagoConservative27
One dead


52 posted on 11/18/2022 8:58:11 AM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Time to retire the jaws of life.


53 posted on 11/18/2022 9:00:27 AM PST by Revel
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To: joshua c

Liberals are crazy people. Period!


54 posted on 11/18/2022 9:00:54 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

“I have a lite hybrid car”

Reserved a CRV rental but when we got there it wasn’t there and they upgraded us to a hybrid. 34 mpg for the 10mdays.


55 posted on 11/18/2022 9:01:34 AM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Leaning Right

https://youtu.be/Y1En6FKd5Pk


56 posted on 11/18/2022 9:37:11 AM PST by dznutz
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To: SaxxonWoods

“large piece of debris” went underneath the car, causing it to begin to smoke.”

When an EV is in an accident, if the battery gets hit (side impacts are the big problem) it’s totaled.

Yup. Debris likely punctured the battery, shorting out some of the cells, creating a hot spot ,which started a fire, which then consumed the battery.

“Technically, lithium-ion batteries catch fire due to anomaly in their constituent elements – electrolyte consisting organic solvents, oxygen-rich cathode, flammable gases.”

https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-blog/why-do-lithium-ion-batteries-catch-fire-how-to-avoid-the-mishap


57 posted on 11/18/2022 9:52:35 AM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: nascarnation

It’s one of you ideas at work Joey.


58 posted on 11/18/2022 9:57:46 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: proust
"If I started a band, it would be called Metal Husk."

If I had a band, we could open for you. It would ne called Lucretia Borgasm.

We all would rock and kick ass.

59 posted on 11/18/2022 10:30:25 AM PST by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Think of the carbon!


60 posted on 11/18/2022 10:44:37 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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