Punx0r said:I'm glad to hear Miramar is not a dump. I forget the post that seemed to indicate it was.
I believe it was . . . one of yours, actually!
Punx0r said:I'm glad to hear Miramar is not a dump. I forget the post that seemed to indicate it was.
Despite major damage to the vehicle and two of the battery modules being breached from the violent impact, none of the Model 3’s 2170 cells burst into flame.
Anders said:What's with "journalists" consistently calling them "2170" ? Did Tesla call their 21700 sized cells 2170 at some point?
neptronix said:I've thought about building up an electric car, rather than buying one. These sorts of events make me think it's worth the time to roll your own conversion. Although you couldn't ask for a better chassis than the model 3's.
Yep. A pothole in a parking lot caused $4000 of damage to my old Honda CRX. No other cars had a problem with it. The problem for me was ground clearance; the edge of the pothole hit the tow lug and bent the entire front end of the car.TheBeastie said:Tesla M3 owner hits a pothole cracks 2 wheels costs $2600 fix, the remarkable bit is while waiting for his car to be towed for over 1 hour & 40 minutes he watched countless other cars drive directly over the very same pothole with zero problems
cricketo said:Yes, you can easily make your own that goes 50 miles on a charge :lol:
neptronix said:DIYers have built some with over 200 mile ranges using recycled batteries. Not rocket science.
I agree that a 50 miler would be very easy and cheap. Well under 10k. :wink:
cricketo said:Turns out it's quite a rocket science to do it in a fashion where it still looks and behaves like a normal car. I don't doubt some people may have pulled that off, but it's quite an effort that shouldn't be toted around like it's nothing.
neptronix said:There is no reason you can't make an electric car conversion look and behave like a normal car. It just depends on how much work you want to do and what your priorities are.
Agreed. But it is a huge, and I mean huge, amount of work. If there are people out there who can afford to take six months off to build such a car, great, and more power to them.neptronix said:There is no reason you can't make an electric car conversion look and behave like a normal car. It just depends on how much work you want to do and what your priorities are.
Warren said:Yeah. I will bet on the 12 volt battery. I can sympathize with Matt. Having seen one dash warning on our Bolt about caused a coronary, and it was still under warranty.
As for building a DIY, 200 mile range car...there have been two that I know of. The best, and oldest, is the Illuminati Seven. It cost them approximately $200K!!
http://illuminatimotorworks.org/
http://www.evalbum.com/3534
As cool as it is, You can pick up a 50K mile, used Bolt for $20K...still good for 200 miles.
You don't need 6 months off work.billvon said:Agreed. But it is a huge, and I mean huge, amount of work. If there are people out there who can afford to take six months off to build such a car, great, and more power to them.neptronix said:There is no reason you can't make an electric car conversion look and behave like a normal car. It just depends on how much work you want to do and what your priorities are.
You do if you want to do the sort of job described above - like a normal car. (i.e. similar crash safety, similar performance, similar level of integration.)Arlo1 said:You don't need 6 months off work.
I am doing mine in 2 months off work lmfao
A Tesla Model 3 car caught fire after crashing in Moscow on Saturday evening, according to reports.
The vehicle slammed into a tow truck that was parked by the interior divider on a highway at around 9 p.m. local time, Reuters reported.
The driver, Alexei Tretyakov, 41, said he was traveling at the speed limit of 100 kilometers (62 miles) per hour when he veered into the tow truck. He said he didn't see the vehicle.
Tretyakov—head of the Russian investment firm Arikapital—said he was using the car's driver-assist autopilot system at the time of the crash, although he was still holding the steering wheel, REN TV reported.