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Option 4: the battery being punctured is pure speculation at this point, BS not worthy of a poll.
Looks like the battery is intact to me:
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So how many months and how many miles went by without a single incident? Two in one month would mean something if it were the first month the cars were on the road.
It's not.
Cheapest way to upgrade the bottom of the battery, spray on truck bed liner, (spay both sides) I know alot of you are going to laugh at that, but it can make cheap steel almost bullet proof. Other than that ditch the aluminum battery bottom for abrasion 500 steel, weight gain and cost gain, but an 1/8 or more thick sheet will stop all kinds of things, you know what I'm talking about.
[video]http://youtube.com/watch?v=3JOXrpCLCJg[/video]
Spray it on!
I see nothing wrong with the car. Obviously if you run over/hit a large metal object at highway speeds you are going to do some serious damage. In both of these scenarios it seems the driver was able to safely pull over and get out unharmed. It wasn't until a little while after did the fire start (at least that was the case with the incident in Washington, and I would assume its the case in Tennessee as well). Im sure if we looked up what happens to ICE cars after hitting large metal objects, the results are much more catastrophic. If Tesla needs to retro fit something to put everyones mind at ease then sure, go for it. Otherwise we can't really do anything about driver error + physics.
You'd have to hit something rather significant for the gas tank to be ruptured on an ICE vehicle. It located in the back of the car and higher up than the rest of the chassis. Just because ICE vehicles use gasoline doesn't automatically mean they will explode at any given moment. First thing to go if you hit something on the highway is suspension and the bottom of the engine. And usually when you take out the oil pan on an ICE they just stop working, and don't explode .
Ok, but do the ICE cars remain stable and allow the driver to safely pull over and exit the vehicle unharmed? Maybe, but I could also see some components being taken out in the process that would cause the driver to lose control and spin out potentially harming others as well.
Spray trunk liner on it? Hope you never need a replacement battery ...
IMO a battery pack redesign is needed because it's not acceptable that the battery pack catch fire after having hit a debris.