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Originally Posted by CeratodusDuck
Only real EV issue I have read about is the fact VERY few retrieval companies can or will collect the molten debris after a lithium burn after one of these crashes. An Austrian chap had to fight insurance for a year to find a scrap recoverer who was able to and willing to deal with the remnants of his Tesla (he had crashed it into a tree and had instantaneous ignition of the lithium after the cells ruptured in the crash - he was lucky to get out)
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As crash tested by the NTSB, the battery cages of Tesla's are proved to be remarkably robust. To actually rupture the cells and ignite them you need to seriously crash /write the car off...and the fact the guy did that and still walked away says volumes.
Sure there have been a handful of Tesla's go up in smoke....but an air-petroleum mix is far more volatile. I'd bet an order of magnitude (or two) more of ICE vehicles have gone up in smoke globally over the same period yet are we really worried over whether they can be recycled ? Seriously?