Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2019 16:00:11 GMT
I have a friend who owns a 3 year old Tesla, he paid about 100K$ for it, when he bought it new. Two weeks ago, he parked it in front of a store at the boundary of Encinitas and Rancho Santa Fe.
Turns out this small area is in a flood plain, and when he returned to get the car, it had been subjected to a 2 foot deep water deluge. When he hit the key fob thingie, to open the car - no habla. Apparently opened the lock manually, and tried to start the car. Again, nothing, so he called a towtruck. Towtruck dude says: "Where are we taking this thing?"
Ed calls Tesla, I guess the dealer. They asked what had happened to it, so he told them. They told him to haul it off to a junkyard, it wasn't worth fixing. Apparently the door seals work well, as no water had gotten inside the vehicle.
Now I'm an electrician but, but not strong in electronics. I suspect the destroyed value was primarily in the low voltage control electronics, and of course, the lithium batteries. I did find out, most of the electronics/batteries are located under the vehicle floor and therefore, pretty close to the ground. I would hope Tesla would move those electronics up, to prevent this kind of a situation, in the future.
I personally wouldn't own one of these things, until science develops a better energy storage medium, than present technology.
C L
Turns out this small area is in a flood plain, and when he returned to get the car, it had been subjected to a 2 foot deep water deluge. When he hit the key fob thingie, to open the car - no habla. Apparently opened the lock manually, and tried to start the car. Again, nothing, so he called a towtruck. Towtruck dude says: "Where are we taking this thing?"
Ed calls Tesla, I guess the dealer. They asked what had happened to it, so he told them. They told him to haul it off to a junkyard, it wasn't worth fixing. Apparently the door seals work well, as no water had gotten inside the vehicle.
Now I'm an electrician but, but not strong in electronics. I suspect the destroyed value was primarily in the low voltage control electronics, and of course, the lithium batteries. I did find out, most of the electronics/batteries are located under the vehicle floor and therefore, pretty close to the ground. I would hope Tesla would move those electronics up, to prevent this kind of a situation, in the future.
I personally wouldn't own one of these things, until science develops a better energy storage medium, than present technology.
C L