Good thing it wasn't a nasty ol' gas burning car, huh?
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KMTR) — A driver high on marijuana crashed a Tesla into an apartment building in Oregon late Tuesday night, sending hundreds of small batteries flying, police said.
Two of the batteries shot through apartment windows.
A typical Tesla has between 3,000 and 4,000 batteries that are approximately 2.25" long and a little fatter than a AA battery. They have metal strips spot welded at each end which are all interconnected with more spot welds. Not that much different than any run of the mill recharagable battery pack found in the earliest lawn tools back in the 1970's, only much bigger. But these puppies are a lot more dramatic when they fail-usally due to an internal short circuit. Same technology is being used for battery storage at solar and wind generation facilities.
WTF? Do Teslas have battery packs full of AAs like power tools?
ReplyDeleteNo, but they used a couple thousand laptop batteries.
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A typical Tesla has between 3,000 and 4,000 batteries that are approximately 2.25" long and a little fatter than a AA battery. They have metal strips spot welded at each end which are all interconnected with more spot welds. Not that much different than any run of the mill recharagable battery pack found in the earliest lawn tools back in the 1970's, only much bigger. But these puppies are a lot more dramatic when they fail-usally due to an internal short circuit. Same technology is being used for battery storage at solar and wind generation facilities.
DeleteLook up on youtube destruction of lithium ion batteries. Would be caught dead in one if I ever owned one.
ReplyDeleteCrashed a self driving car, guess you'd have to be high.
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