Fisker Hybrids Get Bad Karma From Superstorm Sandy 414
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."
Someone forgot to test (Score:5, Funny)
the 'submerged in water' use case?
Re:FiskEr, not FiskAr (Score:5, Funny)
Thanks. I was wondering how a pair of scissors caught on fire.
Re:Someone forgot to test (Score:5, Funny)
Well, I guess if you have a hybrid SUV, you better think twice before you use it to back your boat into the lake!
water...causes fire? (Score:5, Funny)
It's a witch!
Re:Huge problem in Texas - flash floods on the roa (Score:0, Funny)
He said he was from Texas.
Re:Why does this matter? (Score:5, Funny)
Hey, large swaths of New York City are without power. That means no heat either, and it's pretty cold - so a nice car fire might be welcomed!
Re:Someone forgot to test (Score:5, Funny)
I always thought that Fiskar looked like the hottest EV there was...
And I was RIGHT! :-)
Re:FiskEr, not FiskAr (Score:3, Funny)
Thanks. I was wondering how a pair of scissors caught on fire.
You can't run well with these.
Re:FiskEr, not FiskAr (Score:2, Funny)
I was amused at he headline, either Earl Hickey or a Hindu must have written it.
I guess it will be a while before Fisker gets mod points! So what got Fisker downmodded enough to hurt its karma? Too much flamebait!
Re:Someone forgot to test (Score:5, Funny)
"When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a Fisker in a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest Fisker in all of England."
Re:water...causes fire? (Score:5, Funny)
It's a witch!
Karma's a witch? Nasty lisp you have there.
Re:Someone forgot to test (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Misleading? (Score:4, Funny)
And using a Thermite lining for the battery compartment was just nuts.