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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
Battery punctures on Teslas has been discussed ad nauseum before there were really any other EV on the market except the Leaf. Tesla has a pretty heavy duty steel plate on the bottom of the battery box AIRC. It's designed to take hits from metal road debris like rebar and such. Maybe the coupe ran over a 1969 Schwinn Stingray with high-rise bars, a banana seat and fork extensions that fell off a pickup going to the dump.
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Makes sense, or it would happen more often. It's not like some ICE cars don't use only plastic for their oil pans and gas tanks.