Posted on 01/30/2024 8:45:39 AM PST by devane617
Officials say a low-voltage, lithium-ion battery from a Tesla exploded, sending heavy smoke through a North Carolina home.
Cary Police say the owners of the Tesla removed one of the batteries from the car and took it in their house to charge it Saturday. While it was being charged, the battery short-circuited, and heavy smoke was released.
Four people suffering from smoke inhalation were evacuated from the home.
The battery involved in the accident was not a large, high-voltage battery that serves as a motor for an electric vehicle, according to firefighters. It was a 12-voltage battery similar to what is used to start a gas-powered car.
Firefighters say the car’s owners were having trouble with the battery and couldn’t get a replacement, so they removed it and brought it inside to try to charge it. The owners did not follow manufacturers’ instructions, and the lithium-ion battery exploded.
Firefighters reiterated the explosion was caused by user error, and the correct chargers must be used for lithium-ion batteries.
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User Error = Bought a EV
LOL.
Neither of you clowns read the article.
You joker! I did read it, but there was no mention of the size or weight of the battery brought into the house.
Batter-eeezl, plural. Teslas have thousands of 18650s, which look like an overgrown AA. They're scattered all through the floor pan to distribute the mass and keep center of gravity low.
Collectively they weigh 800-1000 lbs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18650_battery
Big hairy deal. My ICE car blows up one or twice every month.
“...another story designed to make you not like Tesla’s in particular...”
It’s working!
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