Tesla is going to guards to make after vuurincidenten
Posted on 28-03-2014 at 14:07 by Ricardo – 12 Comments”
Three accidents with a binnenbrandje result is enough to make the production line of the Model. Tesla goes metal guards on the bottom make.
Last year was the Model’s felled by a number of vuurincidenten. In the first case drove the EV on a loose hitch that the battery is pierced. The second accident involved a similar incident, and the third case was a Mexican who, with 180 km/h on a roundabout, bounced, and then a concrete wall and kissed. In all cases, there was a lithiumbrandje in the roughly 800 kg weight battery pack of the Tesla – which extends over the entire bottom between the front and rear wheels is in the vicinity.
There followed an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, but pointed out that the Model S is safe enough.
Today CEO Elon Musk on hipstermedium Medium know that they have the battery pack anyway, better go protect it. He throws there are also three GIF messages from the access panel in action. The scope of his story is that it is not really necessary, the Model S is safe enough, but still want to reduce the risk of burning further limit the “public misconception about electrical safety” approaches. Jup, Elon knows it is beautiful to spin, but the reality is that Tesla is the current construction is simply no longer trust. Why would you perform this modification, other (free of charge) to current Model S drivers to offer?
Elon on the subject:
“Nonetheless, we felt it was important to bring this risk down to virtually zero to give Model S owners complete peace of mind. Starting with vehicle bodies manufactured as of March 6, all cars have been outfitted with a triple underbody shield. Tesla service will also retrofit the shields, free of charge, to existing cars upon request or as part of a normally scheduled service.”
The backing material is three-piece and consists of metal rods, a titanium plate and an aluminium section. This would omhoogspattende objects, the battery cells are not able to penetrate. Previously gave Tesla already has a OTA (over the air) update of the software that the row height during snelwegritten was increased, so the impact potential to reduce.
GIFJE: Tesla Model S drive over concrete block
GIFJE: Tesla Model S drive over trekhaakk
The blanking plate would hardly affect the range, Elon says that the 0.1% is wrong. Tesla the Netherlands could not yet say when the guards at the Dutch Model S customers free of charge and can be installed. Customers can already make an appointment with their service center, the installation time takes about an hour to complete.
UPDATE 10-04: Under the black plastic cover there are two aluminum pieces that the quantity should strengthen. In addition, there is on the front of the battery pack is an aluminium T-piece attached. Seems like a bit of a marginal solution. A sop of lick-my-styled. More photos you will see here.
