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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Wasn't like... a huge deal made about how the Teslas are so waterproof they could double as a boat? I mean they can in fact ford much deeper than ICE cars because they don't need air, but also there's definitely tweets about this.

Edit: he said it about both the cybertruck - loads of stories about this - and the model S: https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a21421/elon-musk-model-s-boat/

This is entirely separate of course from the much more basic issue that a car that breaks because of some fucking precipitation is not fit for purpose and this damage report would be indefensible just about anywhere in the world. Precedent for manufacturers taking responsibility for bad products was first established in Britain centuries ago.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And not to mention it was water ingress into the bloody batteries, they're lucky (or maybe unlucky in this case) that the car didn't burn down from the Lithium...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah... that's the one part you need to waterproof, more even than the passenger cabin. Everything else except the ECU is water-agnostic. Those battery cells will discharge and die if you leave them submerged. The pack itself is fine for short spells under water if it is properly made.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

An AI tool was used to add an extra layer to the editing process for this story.

For crying out loud, stop that!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Okay so for starters this article is clearly just a dig at Elon. If it wasn't they would never have mentioned him but Elon makes headlines.

Second, I don't buy it. We're getting one side of the story here. They've been selling these cars by the millions for years at this point. If the cars were failing "while driving in the rain", it would be a much bigger deal.

The " Elon Musk could buy everyone in the world a Tesla if he wanted to." line makes it clear that this is just more Elon/Tesla clickbait.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We’re getting one side of the story here.

Yeah, what most readers don't know is that the Cannonmills / Edinburgh area has been flooding a lot for the past 2-3 weeks. It's not only happening right now with Storm Babet but it was also happening with a different storm the 7th into the 10th...which is when the car came up damaged.

It's a pretty safe bet that the car was submerged at some point. It wouldn't be the first time the guy has suffered flood loss in the area either.