Stolen Tesla Involved in Police Pursuit Crashes Into Cars, Splits in Half

Part of me wishes the fucker had died. But the other part of me is glad that we brought his ass back just so we could throw him in jail and make his life suck. But then again, it is in Kalifornia.
 
First time I could see a Li-ion fire in action.
It's pretty nasty and, from what I can read, one of the toughest to suppress kind of fire.
 
VegasJen said:
Part of me wishes the fucker had died. But the other part of me is glad that we brought his ass back just so we could throw him in jail and make his life suck. But then again, it is in Kalifornia.
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Yup :thumbs:

He's probably going to sue the battery manufacturer..... And win.....
 
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denpo said:
First time I could see a Li-ion fire in action.
It's pretty nasty and, from what I can read, one of the toughest to suppress kind of fire.
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Lithium has a three proton nucleus and three "orbital" electrons in two rings. Two electrons are in the inner ring, and one is in the outer ring. This outer electron is very reactive.

Lithium will burn in water. The byproducts of combustion are Lithium hydroxide and hydrogen. 2Li + 2H20 = 2LiOH + H2. If air is around, it's possible for the H2 to burn with O2 and make more H2O.

Metallic Lithium is often stored in oil. It won't burn in a totally hydrocarbon environment. In our chemistry lab, the lithium was stored in kerosene. As I recall, it was a pretty soft metal. You could twist off a small piece with a tweezers, toss it in a pan of water, and watch the small piece wildly bouncing around on top of the water brightly burning.

The very energetic outer electron is why Lithium makes a good battery cell, also lithium is very light ...as compared to lead, nickel, cadium, so you get a highly energetic lightweight battery.
 
One question: After you steal a Tesla, what do you do with it? I just don't think you could sell it and I wouldn't think there's a market for body parts. I'd bet that thing has a GPS based anti-theft feature...don't know for sure.
 
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