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Old 05-13-2012, 12:55 PM   #35 (permalink)
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$1.4 billion according to this: Andersen Air Force Base B-2 accident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. And it sounds like they did figure out what went wrong.
From the website, it sounds like the cause of the accident was rain, disturbing a critical sensor.

This makes me wonder about the Chevy Volt, and other EV's handling bad weather. Driving rains, lightning, snow, extreme hot and cold.

I was reading that many Hybrid batteries can be damaged by hot weather conditions. In fact my Hybrid has a warning label on the door about baking the car after a paint job can damage the batteries.

Ever been in a parked car in that has sat in the Pheonix sun? What will this do to the Lithium batteries?
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