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Polaris Slingshot goes up in flames
« on: August 30, 2016, 08:46:00 AM »
http://imgur.com/a/WQsuR

Maybe Polaris will start thinking about Brammo drivetrains in a Slingshot :)
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Re: Polaris Slingshot goes up in flames
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2016, 08:48:19 AM »
Whoa!  I hope they got out of there before it burned up.
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Re: Polaris Slingshot goes up in flames
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2016, 08:54:53 AM »
http://imgur.com/a/WQsuR

Maybe Polaris will start thinking about Brammo drivetrains in a Slingshot :)

I would say Lithium batteries are just as likely if not more likely to go up in flames like this.

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Re: Polaris Slingshot goes up in flames
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2016, 09:30:51 AM »
That was quite an explosion.  :o Very impressive. It just goes to show you that any vehicle powered by something other than empty calories can explode.   :)
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Re: Polaris Slingshot goes up in flames
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2016, 09:51:17 AM »
http://imgur.com/a/WQsuR

Maybe Polaris will start thinking about Brammo drivetrains in a Slingshot :)

I would say Lithium batteries are just as likely if not more likely to go up in flames like this.

Wut...? I have to disagree... How many Brammo's have spontaneously combusted?

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Polaris Slingshot goes up in flames
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2016, 01:06:53 PM »
Wow! Not much left after that fire!
I wonder what kind of crash protection that simple frame provides...
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