opos
Buckeye
Just curious the dangers and impact of serious flooding like in Texas and battery powered cars? Got to be some dangers somewhere or at least some damage that is costly...have never heard it discussed so does anyone know?
electric cars and flooding in Texas
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Colonialgirl
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opos said:
NO POWER for a week or two---
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I'd guess no more damage than any other car flooded up to the dashboard.
whichwatch
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Not that this is the most important issue on people's mind's who are in Houston right now. The car business there will be affected for many years to come and people will be ripped off due to flood damaged cars, be it gas, electric or pedal powered. Cars will knowingly be sold to people that were flood damaged, no different than any other place that has been flooded. As in any scenario, BUYER BEWARE.
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Electric cars will be cost prohibitive to repair as the motor (not engine) would most likely need to be replaced while the engine (if a hybrid) can usually be drained and the oil changed and run if not allowed to sit for long.
Electric motors dont seem to like water. I have a friend in DFW whose son is a Lexus mechanic who used to be a Toyota mechanic and has the training on Priuses. I will axe him.
Electric motors dont seem to like water. I have a friend in DFW whose son is a Lexus mechanic who used to be a Toyota mechanic and has the training on Priuses. I will axe him.
The places for buyers to beware are not in the flooded areas. All those cars will probably be sold by the insurance companies and they will probably get herded (pun intended) :D north to sell to people that may not think about anything other than "man, what a deal on this 2017 (insert brand/model here)" Although I am told that the titles have to indicate that they are flood vehicles but that won't stop unscrupulous dealers from altering or getting "clean" titles somehow.
whichwatch said:
They will move those cars to any state that is easy to re-title them in. Because of the problems after Katrina in Florida they will not issue a title on any car that has ever been declared a total loss by any insurance company. Also by law if the damage to any vehicle is 80% or more to value it is totaled and the title is sent directly to the State of Florida. Of course cars with no insurance can still get through as there is no record of the total loss damage to them.
Pat-inCO
Hawkeye
At this point, I doubt it.opos said:
My main concern would be the near immediate discharge of the battery.
Depending on the battery, it could explode.
RSIno1
Hunter
Pretty sure the batteries are sealed unlike a lead-acid battery. The electronics in all the flooded cars will be junk. On the plus side fresh water damage won't be as bad a salt water - on the flip side though that means more will be fixed and dumped. The new cars will probably be sent to the crusher by the manufacturer who will recover from insurance. Used cars will be paid off to the owner and wholesaled to junkyards who will patch them up for resale. I knew a Ford VP and he used to have flood and train wreck cars brought to LA and he loaned them to the movie industry to crash and blowup. When they were done with them he had to pull the VIN tags watch them be crushed.
