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by rasz 2927 days ago
Tesla doesnt use plastic Lithium cells, they use standard 18650 and 2170 metal ones.

>plastic housing (called a clamshell)

is an external insulating case for the whole battery pack, there is metal case inside it, and another one on top of it.

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>punctured through the plastic housing (called a clamshell) and into some battery cells

Emphasis mine. I interpreted that as also popping some of the individual cells. If you replaced the individual cells that were breached you could probably be okay, but at the same time, look at how minor the defect was that was causing Samsung phones to catch fire

Cellphone batteries are soft plastic pouches.