Tesla Fires

[Wattsisname]

Hi all, I was with a couple of friends last night and mentioned we'd ordered a tesla. Big mistake, because they put s**t on me all night (in a light hearted way) but unfortunately my wife googled it today and now she's paranoid. What is the current (pardon the pun) view on this? Thanks.

All part of the usual uniformed anti EV (envy based) bol locks that is spewed up on a regular basis. There are enough online credible sources for you to check out yourself.

Disregard the above! In fact we are all living in terror with the expectation that our cars will spontaneously ignite at any moment and yet.....
...we keep driving them. Go figure.

 

[455dan]

These people are batsh**t crazy now. I couldn't imagine wanting to set a car on fire just because I don't like the alternative fuel source it uses!

I Hope they catch that lunatic. If the car had not recorded the actual cause, and the video been made public

It would have been national news FUD Another Tesla burns...

 

[airzone]

My brother's first comment about my EV was "it'll burn your house down". Ironically the only car fire I personally know about was his - when oil leaking into his alternator caught fire.

 

[455dan]

My brother's first comment about my EV was "it'll burn your house down". Ironically the only car fire I personally know about was his - when oil leaking into his alternator caught fire.

I Almost burned 3 vehicles over the years.
One my Jeep truck forgot the fuel line after a carb rebuild duh, had an arcing plug wire , all it took... fire ball went up into the garage rafters had to push a lifted 4x4 truck with 32" tires while on fire outside. Burned all of the wiring in the engine compartment all the rubber lines as well.
Amazing what a motivator not burning down your garage/ house is.

The other two were both Holley Carburetors that Loved to leak. Came very close to burning a 1967 GTO to the ground.

 

[rlsd]

Any incident near a Tesla logo will attract reporters regardless whether Tesla is at fault or not.
Tesla is hated by members of both parties.

Man fatally shot during altercation at Tesla charging station, authorities say

A man was killed during an altercation at a Tesla charging station in Colorado Wednesday, authorities said.

abcnews.go.com

Man killed after altercation at Tesla charging station near Edgewater Public Market

Police are investigating a deadly shooting in Edgewater that involved two men.

kdvr.com

 

[Vostok]

Tesla is hated by members of both parties.

FYI, you are posting in the Australian forum.

 

[paulp]

Any incident near a Tesla logo will attract reporters regardless whether Tesla is at fault or not.
Tesla is hated by members of both parties.

Man fatally shot during altercation at Tesla charging station, authorities say

A man was killed during an altercation at a Tesla charging station in Colorado Wednesday, authorities said.

abcnews.go.com

Man killed after altercation at Tesla charging station near Edgewater Public Market

Police are investigating a deadly shooting in Edgewater that involved two men.

kdvr.com

To be fair, in Australia if someone was shot at a petrol station it would be reported that someone was shot at a petrol station. They would not report someone was shot at an undisclosed location.

 

[rlsd]

FYI, you are posting in the Australian forum.

I am glad there is no politics in Australia.

 

[[Zombie]]

I am glad there is no politics in Australia.

Oh there is, but your comment of "hated by both parties" doesn't apply here.

EVs are only hated by one party - the one that tries to imitate American politics.

 

[PC__LoadLetter]

EVs are only hated by one party - the one that tries to imitate American politics.

Excuse me? Have you forgotten Comrade Andrews' ZLEV tax?

 

[Rolond]

Excuse me? Have you forgotten Comrade Andrews' ZLEV tax?

That is state government greed, not hated

 

[meloccom]

Discussion about VIC and NSW road user charges has been moved to the relevant thread.

State based proposed EV road user charge

What do we think the chances are of winning?

teslamotorsclub.com

 

[OzVic]

To be fair, in Australia if someone was shot at a petrol station it would be reported that someone was shot at a petrol station. They would not report someone was shot at an undisclosed location.

To be fair, they wouldn't say a man in a TOYOTA CAMRY shot another man in a NISSAN NAVARA after an argument over who's turn was next to use the pump. And then keep mentioning TOYOTA, NISSAN, TOYOTA, NISSAN!

 

[paulp]

To be fair, they wouldn't say a man in a TOYOTA CAMRY shot another man in a NISSAN NAVARA after an argument over who's turn was next to use the pump. And then keep mentioning TOYOTA, NISSAN, TOYOTA, NISSAN!

The abc article states it is not known what type of vehicle the persons were driving. The other article states once that each were driving a tesla. This does not seem excessive.
The incident occured at a tesla charging station, which is a modern equivalent to a shell petrol station. Very certain the media would report an incident at a shell petrol station and mention the word shell plenty of times.

 

[cafz]

Very certain the media would report an incident at a shell petrol station and mention the word shell plenty of times.

Maybe it's because it's the ABC, but the only place the brand appears is in the picture: Two teen attackers sentenced over murder of Queanbeyan service station attendant

 

[hooty]

Is there a statistical comparison on spontaneous combustion?