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Fisker Hybrids Get Bad Karma From Superstorm Sandy

Posted by timothy on from the ok-ok-but-to-be-fair-it-was-raining dept.

New submitter slas6654 writes with this excerpt from Jalopnik: "Approximately 16 of the $100,000+ Fisker Karma extended-range luxury hybrids were parked in Port Newark, New Jersey last night when water from Hurricane Sandy's storm surge apparently breached the port and submerged the vehicles. As Jalopnik has exclusively learned, the cars then caught fire and burned to the ground.' Apparently Fiskar super-duty lithium ion batteries are neither water-proof or water soluble."

4 of 414 comments (clear)

  1. FiskEr, not FiskAr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Come on, editors, get your act together already.

  2. Re:Why does this matter? by PPH · · Score: 5, Informative

    Because they could have been parked in someone's garage and gotten flooded. And that would be the difference between some clean up work and a house burned to the ground (or water line).

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  3. Re:Why does this matter? by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually lots of houses burn down due to floods. A gas line ruptures or electric power issues light the house up and then the fire Dept can't make it there due to the water.

  4. Re:What if you drove into a flooded area? by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Informative

    DO NOT DRIVE in a foot of water.

    A single foot of water moving sideways is more than enough to take your car off the road. If you cannot see the bottom do not drive through it.