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It is a serious concern though, in the salt belt corrosion is accelerated and battery life is definitely impacted. Anything under the car is going to be subjected to unbelievably harsh conditions. What undercoating and corrosion products will be suitable for electric motors and electrical connections.
 
I could use a 24 hour hunger strike!

on a more serious note Tesla makes a technically advanced car, but overall quality is known to be less than competitive. Seems an acceptable trade off to me. all of this will take time to refine
 
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PimTac said:
I’m trying to understand how a hunger strike will help them?
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It already did, it got them international attention as here we are commenting on it.
Its a corporations public relations nightmare.
Once the other 20 companies start making EVs people will flock to them over stories like these from any particular brand.
Tesla is clearly not turning out world class products at this point in time.
 
alarmguy said:
It already did, it got them international attention as here we are commenting on it.
Its a corporations public relations nightmare.
Once the other 20 companies start making EVs people will flock to them over stories like these from any particular brand.
Tesla is clearly not turning out world class products at this point in time.
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When did they?
 
Trav said:
It is a serious concern though, in the salt belt corrosion is accelerated and battery life is definitely impacted. Anything under the car is going to be subjected to unbelievably harsh conditions. What undercoating and corrosion products will be suitable for electric motors and electrical connections.
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I remember living back there. It was not uncommon in the Winter to see cars driving down the road with their backup lights on. Brake lights and turn signals not working. Mostly all from salt water getting into sockets and wiring. License plate illumination lights were usually always the first to go. From getting a nice constant salt water spray.

In the Winter it was common to see cars covered with a dried, white coating of salt all over them. Imagine how much of that is covering the undercarriage? Electrical shorts and problems were a never ending problem in Winter driving in the rust belt. Electric vehicles are only going to make this worse.... And perhaps a lot more exciting and fun to watch.
 
Trav said:
It is a serious concern though, in the salt belt corrosion is accelerated and battery life is definitely impacted. Anything under the car is going to be subjected to unbelievably harsh conditions. What undercoating and corrosion products will be suitable for electric motors and electrical connections.
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Serious question given some of the horrific Tesla battery fires we've discussed here. Will fires be common in Teslas in northern states?
 
ekrampitzjr said:
Serious question given some of the horrific Tesla battery fires we've discussed here. Will fires be common in Teslas in northern states?
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Great question. Maybe, there aren't enough of them on the road long enough to really know. I'm sure in time, a few more years, the early adopters in the rust belt will be reporting back if/when they have problems.
 
Here in Kentucky they use salt and we wash it off as soon as we can. I had a 944 Porsche that was made out of tinnerman metal. may be that is another word for galvanized, I don't know, but that car body had zero rust anywhere and was very tough.
 
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Great question. Maybe, there aren't enough of them on the road long enough to really know. I'm sure in time, a few more years, the early adopters in the rust belt will be reporting back if/when they have problems.
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Tesla's have pretty much turned into the old "punch buggys" of years gone by. If any of you remember seeing a VW bug and then you had to punch your brother, or whoever was sitting next to you! :)
Saw 5 last night on the way back from the airport. My only mistake was that I explained the game to my wife, who felt it necessary to take her frustrations out on my right arm. :mad:

I hope the battery problems aren't accelerated by salt air, which we have PLENTY of down here on the RIGHT COAST.
 
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