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hlthe2b

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1. I don't get it. If the battery "did not explode or burst into flames" what is the source of the

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2024, 09:43 AM

Dec 3

all-consuming fire in an all-electric vehicle? Something isn't right here... Tragic, though (as I manage to get past the fact it was a disgusting Musk Cybertruck)...

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I don't get it. If the battery "did not explode or burst into flames" what is the source of the hlthe2b Dec 3 #1

I thought about that too. My guess is that the interior materials were not fireproof. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 #2

Sure, but something had to spark it. hlthe2b Dec 3 #3

Gee, I don't know. There's surely some online discussion of how that happened. I'll look around. NT mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 #4