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I'm not EV fan, but it isn't like ICE cars don't catch fire. Last I checked gasoline is rather flammable.

I'm not EV fan, but it isn't like ICE cars don't catch fire. Last I checked gasoline is rather flammable.

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Such a battery fire tragically killed two teens in 2018; though they survived the car crash (to be fair, Teslas do have superb safety ratings), the teens were killed when the battery caught fire, burning to death in the wrecked vehicle.

Just a guess, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn they were unable to open the doors or windows of the car from the inside. This is an increasingly common problem in modern cars. Here's a tip: always have a knife on you that you can use to cut seatbelts, slash airbags, and break car windows. When the power fails, the power windows don't roll down and the power doors don't unlock. People have drowned because of this.

[–] • 0 pt

I have a big adjustable wrench and channelock dykes next to my drivers seat for that reason, wrench for the window. Always have a knife of course

[–] • 3 pts

EVs sound more and more like Wuhan: they advertise, incentivize and guilt you into getting it. It's much worse than using gasoline vehicles. The rare earth materials are toxic as hell, expensive and they just aren't green. In fact, Tesla is asking you not to charge your vehicle at peak grid usage. (thedrive.com).

Yea, go green!

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Gasoline is flammable but it doesn't just go off on its own like a battery can. It's also stored in a tank in just part of the vehicle, while a Tesla battery is pretty much the entire floor of the passenger area, ensuring you get cooked when it does go off. It also burns hotter with even more toxic fumes.

[–] • 2 pts

Plus, the battery can't be put out. It just has to burn until it's done.

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

You hit a concrete wall at 116 mph, you're toast. This kid was a speed demon and the parents gave him an insanely quick car although they knew he was a dangerous driver.

In May of 2018, two Fort Lauderdale teens were killed and a third was injured after the Tesla Model S driven by 18-year-old Barrett Riley crashed into a concrete wall at 116 mph.

The vehicle quickly caught on fire after the crash, which is not uncommon after violent crashes at high speeds regardless of its electric or gas-powered.

In 2019, Riley’s family decided to sue Tesla over what they claim was a defective battery pack that led to the fire and that Tesla “failed to warn purchasers of its vehicles of the battery’s dangerous condition.”

Furthermore, the lawsuit that Riley’s parents had a speed limiter installed at a Tesla service center two months before the accident, but Riley apparently had it removed at another service center without his parent’s knowledge, which they blamed on the automaker.

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Yeah it said the lawsuit was not over the fire, but that someone at telsa removed a speed limiter without the parents knowledge or permission.

[–] • 1 pt

Also read that ownership of the car was transferred to the son before he had the limiter mod undone. But never seen that substantiated and gave up digging.

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(((Tesla’s))) are generally very safe

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