Tesla on fire: UK director Michael Morris' car bursts into flames
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We need statistics on this rather than a single instances to draw any conclusion that this is more prevalnet with telsa than other cars.
Otherwise it is just a rhetorical war between telsa long and shorts.
Sometimes I wonder if these are submarine articles paid for by companies who want Tesla to fail. And it might be working... Musk seems a moment away from snapping completely.
I have a suspiction that he will continue driving a Tesla.
Both electric and internal combustion vehicles have failure modes that involve fire.
Its not surprising really, ICEs are powered and lubricated by highly flammable liquids. They are certainly very reliable these days, but fire is still a failure mode.
Basically, a Lambo is what Elon would market as a flamethrower :D
U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 152,300 automobile fires per year in 2006-2010. These fires caused an average of 209 civilian deaths, 764 civilian injuries, and $536 million in direct property damage.
https://jalopnik.com/5937499/the-jalopnik-guide-to-burning-s...
I'm a firefighter for my county that includes ~ 30mi of interstate along a national corridor. DOT has estimated 11,000 vehicles pass through our county each day on this corridor.
Sure it's an anecdote but your comments here seem to believe this is impossible or incredibly uncommon with ICE vehicles. It's not. Watch along the freeway for burned sections at the edge, with the scorch marks being about the size of a car. The reason you don't hear about it is it's not news when an ICE car burns to the ground, since it happens so often. It's news when a Tesla burns because people want a reason to be scared of something new and flashy.
Why not just answer the question and assume good faith?
On the other hand, it's quicker to Google "car catches fire" or even "how often do cars catch on fire" than it is to post a question here then wait for comments then reply back doubling down on the question. The answer to the question isn't an anecdote or an opinion, it's a statistic and it can be verified quite easily. There's very little good faith to be assumed when someone expresses their opinion that only electric cars can catch on fire.
Yes, you assumed something beyond the question, and you applied a view to it.
> You're the one assuming bad faith with my comment.
No, your comment is just rude by giving the commenter a view point just for asking a question. Whatever your intent, it was rude, and you should apologize and not do it again.
Edit: wow, voted down to -1 for answering the question and providing the source. Nice going, folks.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
Of which 50% are deliberate, and there is no breakdown of how many of the rest are random mechanical failure as opposed to having been involved in a collision with an associated fire.
But these news will make Tesla stick to higher standarda. So I don’t mind them.
I realize many of these are not really the same thing (there’s a lot of arson) but the basic point stands.