Video footage of effervescent and smoking water taken at a marina and posted to Fb declare to indicate the aftermath of an accident involving a Tesla Mannequin X in Spain.

The brief clip merely reveals water effervescent and smoking, not not like the contents of a witch’s cauldron. Photos added by Tom Powell on Fb’s Boat Fails, in the meantime, present a Mannequin X, supposedly absolutely charged, being pulled out of the ocean. Thankfully, this being a marina, they’d all the required tools readily available to carry out the operation.

The put up shares little details about the context of the accident, however per the unique poster, the video was taken about 12 hours after the automobile fell within the water. As appears affordable, the divers waited till the effervescent stopped earlier than going below to retrieve it.

How the Tesla fell into the ocean might present vital details about why the automobile was inflicting such a response. We’ve beforehand seen a Tesla deliberately submerge itself to show that it might drive underwater, which it did largely efficiently and with none such effervescent.

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On this case, it’s potential that the battery ruptured on its approach into the water or that the time spent underwater was merely an excessive amount of for {the electrical} system’s insulation and security precautions to cope with. Certainly, after the YouTube Wealthy Rebuilds purchased a Tesla Mannequin S that had been waterlogged in Hurricane Sandy, one of many modules was so corroded by the saltwater that it started exploding when he took it aside, per Inexperienced Automobile Studies.

Lithium, one of many constituent components of most automotive batteries is extremely flammable and produces huge warmth when it’s uncovered to water. If a battery module ruptured after the accident that put the Mannequin X within the water, it might presumably have led to this kind of response. As we all know, EV fires may be very tough to place out.

Photographs, Gif and video Tom Powell / Boat Fails @ Fb