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Re:Hurricane Ian and EV Fires by fragmede on Saturday November 05, 2022 @07:16PM (#33486966)
~10? How about ONE? For all the reporting, there really doesn't seem to be a spate of Tesla's blowing up in the wake of Ian. There's been three pictures of that one white Model Y, and it looks mostly intact. If there were really more than one incident I'd expect, well, more pictures and additional reports. If this is really actually a problem we can march with pitchforks to Tesla's HQ together, but given the tens of thousands of them that must have been in Florida when the storm hit, this seems like the media just has an axe to grind.
Re:Hurricane Ian and EV Fires by jsight on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:12AM (#33505966)
That was an X not a Y, and there've been pictures of at least two others. One was at an apartment and another was in a ditch near some sort of vehicle repair shop.

I don't have time now, but the 10 figure came from a report with official sources. I suspect it was pretty close to right.

I don't know how it compares to gas car fires, which are also not uncommon after submersion in saltwater. Often the reason is the same too, the low voltage battery sometimes catches fire.

Re:Hurricane Ian and EV Fires by jsight on Monday November 07, 2022 @09:57PM (#33515418)
Its too late to edit my earlier post, but here are some links: https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/politics/2022/10/21/fl-r....

https://www.eenews.net/articles/why-6-flooded-evs-burst-into...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ev-electric-vehicle-florida-f...

Certainly not huge numbers in any case. Florida has a lot of EVs.