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The extremely dangerous high pressure vessel right behind the driver’s head seems like it’s not worth the trade off there… Better carry a bomb around just in case the car rolls over. /s

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CheetahHybrid@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
Sure it’s dangerous, but so is that giant tank of fuel that’s in the car. I think we figured out pressure vessels pretty well

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- xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
  A fuel tank is not a pressure vessel (apart from being sealed to keep fumes in). If you get a puncture in your gas tank, it doesn’t immediately and violently explode, it just leaks fuel out. Even if it does catch fire, it would not be as violent an explosion as a pressure vessel failure. In most scenarios it would burn, but not explode.
  
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  - CheetahHybrid@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    I know the gas tank is not a pressure vessel, I made two separate statements.
    
    My point is that we already do dangerous things. I don’t think it’s a huge jump to put a pressurized nitrogen tank in a car. Car manufacturers even tried putting hydrogen tanks in cars. It’s possible to make it safe.
    
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    stickyprimer@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    We already do dangerous things therefore all dangerous things are A-OK come on bro we’ll figure it out.
    
    Oh my god just stop talking.
    
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    TheColonel@reddthat.com ⁨28⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    Sure, but Tesla is the last company I’d trust to do it
    
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