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Elon Musk took to Twitter today to announce that he is taking the wraps off his D on October 9th.
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Wrong Steve... so very wrong.
lol, maybe it will catch on fire again
Has anyone ever died in a Model S? Because i see those sensationalist stories and have yet to see one where the driver dies or hell is even injured seriously.lol, maybe it will catch on fire again
Elon Musk took to Twitter today to announce that he is taking the wraps off his D on October 9th.
Has anyone ever died in a Model S? Because i see those sensationalist stories and have yet to see one where the driver dies or hell is even injured seriously.
typical lack of accuracy from a Tesla supporter. Getting the scenario wrong is one thing, but just the rate of incidents doesn't even compare. 13 serious claims out of tens of millions of cars. Tesla Model S's are in the 50,000 category? To get to a volume of tens of millions, those handful of fires become 200x bigger. So 4 fires become 800. In 800 fires you are going to not dodge deaths.At least they don't have the 'keys falling out of the ignition while driving' problem...
None of the fire incidents have been dangerous so far i haven't read one instance of instant combustion i've read incidents where the car is crashed and half an hour later catches on fire or the driver is driving and the car warns them about battery operation and half an hour later it catches on fire.typical lack of accuracy from a Tesla supporter. Getting the scenario wrong is one thing, but just the rate of incidents doesn't even compare. 13 serious claims out of tens of millions of cars. Tesla Model S's are in the 50,000 category? To get to a volume of tens of millions, those handful of fires become 200x bigger. So 4 fires become 800. In 800 fires you are going to not dodge deaths.
Telsa's tiny volumes have protected it and made it look good for people who can't do math. Supporter (and others) should keep their mouths shut, really.
A guy with this much money needs to make sure he always wraps the D
I see a lot of Model S cars on the road actually in the area I live in. I was impressed by the car overall, though I do think the body shape/styling is rather contrived and resembles in some ways the Aston Martin/Maserati coupes and sedans. Let's hope that as volumes increase of these cars on the road, the fire incident percentages do not track with said vehicle number increases. I am interested in what the new model reveal will show us all.
I don't see why a slow burning fire that takes forever to start after a car has been essentally totaled in a crash is considered a horrible thing. Outside of the potential to start a brush fire or the fact that burning batteries is clearly bad for the environment i hardly would consider it dangerous.Should be fine, it happens to the big boys of low production numbers all the time
http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/550000-ferrari-recalled-for-fire-risk-20100902-14o6v.html
The main issue with the fire is you need special fire-retardants given the fuel source. So fire departments would have to respond differently to car fires.
Extinguish small fires, that do not involve the high voltage battery, using a CO2 or ABC extinguisher.
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If the high voltage battery becomes involved in fire or is bent, twisted,
damaged, or breached in any way, or if you suspect that the battery is
heating, use large amounts of water to cool the battery. DO NOT extinguish
fire with a small amount of water. Always establish or request an additional
water supply.
The main issue with the fire is you need special fire-retardants given the fuel source. So fire departments would have to respond differently to car fires.
Damn, just what I need, a day with Musk's D all other the internets.
Honestly it looks like a great car which I would love to have, if I could afford it.
The same scare stories were thrown about when the Toyota Prius came about... "oh no the electricity!!!!!" people haven't died yet because fire crews don't know what to do.
Yeah fire crews should be trained for dealing with electricity way before electric cars came along. There have been electrical fires from plenty of other stuff before (ever since we started using electricity basically).