Lithium + Water. For The People That Never Took A Science Class

That is almost more believable. I see bur Ed cars on the highway a fair amount but the last I drove the highway I saw a lot of burn spots. I thought more than usual.

Sodium not Lithium. Lithium is a gas.

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"Bill Shamban was the founder of W. S. Shamban & Company"

I worked for W.S. Shamban in the 1980s, we produced teflon
seals. Teflon is actually a pretty dangerous substance
because it's fluorine bound to carbon, extremely strong
chemical bonds, which means they're aren't attracted
to anything else. That's why nothing sticks to Teflon.

Fluorine gas is *highly* reactive, it can kill you.

So I worked in the production of the seals, with lithium
and teflon, etc. We always kept the lithium in either
an oil bath or ether, so it couldn't react with air.

One day my new supervisor, who knew nothing about chemicals
(I was a CE major), disregarded the safety protocols because
he didn't want to wear gloves. So he got some teflon
powder on his hands, which got on his cigarette, which
was hot enough to vaporize the teflon into its base
components, and he got a dose of fluorine gas.

And that was it. He got sicker than shit within an hour,
ambulance came and take him away. Never came back. He
didn't die but he was done with the job.

So no Teslas have been in the rain?

Your words...

I always knew they would kill their own dumbass minions. They still can’t figure out the elites hate them and want them dead.

So no Teslas have been in the rain?

Your words...

The batteries in Teslas aren't supposed to be in contact with water. They are supposedly protected, but sometimes things aren't perfect.

My knee jerk reaction is that these 'EVs are dangerous' crowd are like horse owners when the gas powered automobile came along, screaming how unsafe cars are because they can - and do - catch fire...yet all these years later we still drive these same types of cars, and accept that they will catch fire, presumably because the risk/reward ration is still firmly in the risk category.

I have used LiPo batteries for years (in R/C models) - a similar technology to what is in most EVs - and never had one catch fire on me. Why? Because I obey the safety recommendations, and haven't had a crash severe enough to cause them to catch fire. Of course it does happen, but again the risk/reward profile is in our favor.

I'm more concerned at this point in cheap, poorly manufactured/protected batteries in EVs, which will likely result in law suits and - hopefully - more stringent safety measures to mitigate the fundamental risks of these types of batteries.

My Tesla is out in the driveway charging at 48 amps in a downpour

I’ve put 40,000 miles on that thing in the past year, and had one minor service call (that was fixed in my driveway in under 5 minutes).

You guys don’t have a clue. Those batteries are sealed and you can drive right through flooding that will kill the motor in your Hillbilly trucks (have done this myself).

My Tesla is out in the driveway charging at 48 amps in a downpour

I’ve put 40,000 miles on that thing in the past year, and had one minor service call (that was fixed in my driveway in under 5 minutes).

You guys don’t have a clue. Those batteries are sealed and you can drive right through flooding that will kill the motor in your Hillbilly trucks (have done this myself).

Here's what happens when your Tesla gets wet.

I saw this experiment in high school, we had a substitute
teacher that day and he actually blew up the water beaker
by accident and cut a couple of students.

Sodium not Lithium. Lithium is a gas.

I would like for someone to put a video of a Tessla on fire because of water.

My Tesla is out in the driveway charging at 48 amps in a downpour

I’ve put 40,000 miles on that thing in the past year, and had one minor service call (that was fixed in my driveway in under 5 minutes).

You guys don’t have a clue. Those batteries are sealed and you can drive right through flooding that will kill the motor in your Hillbilly trucks (have done this myself).

I would like for someone to put a video of a Tessla on fire because of water.

So no Teslas have been in the rain?

Your words...