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I think the press actually devalues their ability to criticize Tesla/Elon when they push stories like this, where something out of the ordinary happens to one person. What used to be a common journalistic intent of "let's find out who else this might have happened to" is completely gone, replaced by sensational clickbait titles.

This is a Scottish person driving in conditions that would never be encountered by over 99% of the Teslas out there. People who love Tesla don't care about this. People who hate Tesla/Elon will add this to their data points of why they will never buy one. The person with the $21k bill will pay it and move on with the rest of us.

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There's a ton of Tesla customers who've experienced some variation of minor battery problems that turn into full replacements, this isn't a new issue. This poor guy hit some debris that broke a coolant hose connector into the battery pack which Tesla said destroyed the whole battery pack.

https://www.carscoops.com/2021/07/tesla-quoted-16000-for-a-r...

This is why quality matters and when Tesla fans dismiss obvious quality issues, this is what they're excusing. Water should not be getting anywhere near the top of the battery and if it does, it shouldn't destroying the entire battery.

I'm not trying to support or dismiss any quality claims, merely trying to point out that a news article premised on "this happened to this one person" is lazy journalism, and has virtually zero impact on changing anyone's mind (pro-Tesla or anti-Tesla).

If there is a quality control issue with some product (cars or otherwise), a worthwhile journalist would examine the larger trend and try to tell both sides of the story. To some extent, it's a reflection of the shorter attention spans and reactionary nature of today's readers.

> This is a Scottish person driving in conditions that would never be encountered by over 99% of the Teslas out there.

I don't know if this was meant as a sarcastic remark; I assume that the share of Tesla drivers that live in rainy places is more than 1%

There's no way this was caused merely by excessive rain. Water does not leak into the battery compartment without physical damage.

The linked article doesn't mention it, but there must have been some sort of physical damage at some point.

> The linked article doesn't mention it, but there must have been some sort of physical damage at some ...

Do you have any information we dont have? Otherwise you are just speculating to defend Tesla.

> What used to be a common journalistic intent of "let's find out who else this might have happened to" is completely gone, replaced by sensational clickbait titles.

> > A similar incident occurred last year when a Canadian Tesla owner was told it would cost $26,000 to get a replacement battery for his vehicle, Fox Business reported.

> This is a Scottish person driving in conditions that would never be encountered by over 99% of the Teslas out there.

What are you basing this on? I can't draw the same conclusions, and I see no evidence for it.

A similar incident occurred last year when a Canadian Tesla owner was told it would cost $26,000 to get a replacement battery for his vehicle.

When you shill so hard you should disclose you have a stake

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