Re:Elon Musk defiant in face of federal investigation of Tes...
by tonyplee on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @05:42PM
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Does it need 25 tons of force or 3 inch hole to get the battery to catch fire?
If the battery container is blend out of shape a bit, would it potentially cause small short in part of the battery somehow? Would that start a fire for the rest of the battery.
If this is the case, wouldn't the probability of car catch fire might be higher?
An easy test might be take a few batteries and start shoot them with nail gun and see it get shorted/heatup/catch fire?
If it does catch fire, put a 5 mm sheet there and see how many nails and how big nails can get it to heat up / catch fire?
If any of the above tests can get the battery catch fire, I would be very concern if I am an Tesla owner.
If the battery container is blend out of shape a bit, would it potentially cause small short in part of the battery somehow? Would that start a fire for the rest of the battery.
If this is the case, wouldn't the probability of car catch fire might be higher?
An easy test might be take a few batteries and start shoot them with nail gun and see it get shorted/heatup/catch fire?
If it does catch fire, put a 5 mm sheet there and see how many nails and how big nails can get it to heat up / catch fire?
If any of the above tests can get the battery catch fire, I would be very concern if I am an Tesla owner.