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3 Cybertrucks Caught Fire After Underbody Strikes. Tesla Now Sells a $3,500 Battery Shield Upgrade. (fuelarc.com)
submitted 2 days ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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I mean, I'm glad Tesla built a fix, but it's sort of tacky to ship a $75,000+ truck and then sell the fireproofing separately.

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[–] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

A shield upgrade? My racecar has that. Made out of 1/4" steel to give extra perfection protection to the oil pan. It was free. Left over metal on the shop floor. Also my racecar isn't prone to catching on fire like a Tesla but, I still have a fire extinguisher in it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I feel like you just wanted to tell people about your racecar, but I respect that. May I see a photo?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    I'm only going to say no cause I don't wanna give out my name that's on it lol. I will however give you the guy who won our divisions feature last weekend. Our car is similar under the hood, we just have an 80s Monte Carlo body kit.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    A fire extinguisher ain’t gonna touch a battery fire. There really isn’t much you can do besides keep things away from it while it burns itself out.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

    You can drop the whole thing into a tank of water. Cooling it down is basically the only way to stop an EV fire because it's an exothermic, often self oxidizing reaction.

    Fire departments are starting to deploy mobile water containers for it.

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