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[–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

arrows/bolts made primarily out of metal? now that i think about it, americans have a lot of handy tools that are quite a bit better at delivering metal, but loud

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I thought lithium battery fires were caused by thermal runaway. Does piercing a lithium ion battery cause thermal runaway?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, shorting the cells does that

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Okay that makes sense. I wondered why the person I replied to specified metal.

    I guess I had a bad recollection of Tesla adding plating to the bottom of their vehicle because (to my bad recollection), general non-Metallic road debris was piercing the battery compartment

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