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Fisker looks like they are DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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10-31-2012, 11:16 PM
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Sad, but it has been rough since the beginning. :/
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10-31-2012, 11:53 PM
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Zeppelins had hydrogen-fires, Fiskers (and Volts) have water-fires!
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11-01-2012, 02:11 AM
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Why didn't all of them catch fire? did this have anything to do with the fuel people say was mixed with the flood water?
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11-01-2012, 03:15 AM
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It's an unusual situation. Salt water immersion not only shorts circuits, it corrodes contacts and destroys rubber insulation that prevents these shorts. Only one car needed to catch fire to start a conflagration, though. It's likely not all of them shorted.
Of course, this doesn't help Fisker any.
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11-01-2012, 10:01 AM
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Water and lithium don't go well together.
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11-01-2012, 11:36 AM
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I highly doubt that lithium was the cause of this. Those cells are very well sealed I'm sure. In fact, I believe the whole manufacturing process is done in a vacuum.
It really is too bad for Fisker though. They got a really cool product, but just too many problems.
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11-01-2012, 12:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Tele man
Zeppelins had hydrogen-fires, Fiskers (and Volts) have water-fires!
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Oddly enough, that was in New Jersey as well. Strange....
Oh the humanity!
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11-01-2012, 12:40 PM
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Well, let that be a lesson to you: Do not buy a FIsker Karma if you expect to immerse it in salt water. Buy a submarine instead.
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11-01-2012, 01:24 PM
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fisker-karma-hybrids-caught-fire
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