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The Weather Channel just showed some videos of the "saltwater effect". They're now saying that even if you drive through salt water and let it dry, that might be enough to ruin the car. One of the videos showed a car (Tesla) parked in a garage that had salt water in it. The water was below the level of the car bottom, but it still ignited. They didn't know if the water level had been higher or just the salt air/vapors got into the battery compartment. Seems like they should have known that and made the battery compartment watertight.
 
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I worked the Tesla in the garage back in 2017. Driver was dead drunk and fractured his back. Even so, the fire took so long to get to the point in the photo that he, his passenger, and the old lady in the house all had time to walk away. Fire department had no training at that time so they didn't realize the Tesla was causing the house to remain on fire and they simply had to pull it out.

I'm familiar with the others and not one fatality among them. The two in the salvage yards were intentionally left to burn themselves out.

The two Jeeps are ICE pickup versions.

fwiw - There are almost 61 ICE fires per EV fire.
The majority of ICE fires occur while driving and are in vehicles 8+ years old.

The majority of EV fires are "infant mortality" happening in the first 18 months. If not by then, the batteries are outlasting the bodies.
About 4-45% of the EV fires occur while parked or charging and either not occupied or the occupants simply step out.
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Why defend it if it had so far to go? Genuine question.
 
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How is that the trucks fault? Using street tires in deep sand? Drivers fault. My Jeep would've been stuck too . . . . maybe . . . . my Jeep is 3,000lbs lighter. Still not the trucks fault.
 
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Sierra1 said:
How is that the trucks fault? Using street tires in deep sand? Drivers fault. My Jeep would've been stuck too . . . . maybe . . . . my Jeep is 3,000lbs lighter. Still not the trucks fault.
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Your jeep would not have gotten stuck. If it would I would be forced mock you.

They come with all terrains.

It's too heavy, it high centered on almost nothing, the people who buy them usually have too much tiktok brain to choose the right line to begin with. Hummer EV has the similar issues.

I know from experience the heavier you go with the same chassis the performance off road suffers.

Perhaps the cyber truck would be less shit if it came on 40 inch tires and a proper suspension that doesn't effectively reduce all travel so it can raise up and look like a truck.

It's just not a real truck.
 
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