Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment?

http://www.thecarconnection.com/news/1087401_tesla-model-s-catches-fire-is-this-teslas-toyota-moment

by indus • 13 years ago

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ck2• 13 years ago

No.

crabasa• 13 years ago

No, but it is an excellent time to purchase TSLA at a 6% discount.

toomuchtodo2• 13 years ago

Already ahead of you. Price drop? Time to buy!

poopsintub• 13 years ago

6%..? Wow, time to buy two!

btian• 13 years ago

No. "some 250,000 gas-powered vehicles catch fire in real-life settings every year." [Washington Post's WonkBlog, 1/9/12] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/are-elec...

Recoil422• 13 years ago

As this article points out, the facts aren't what's at stake here -- it's media/public perception.

collint• 13 years ago

To heck with that noise. Push the public and media to perceive that facts are important.

migrantgeek• 13 years ago

I don't know if that number means anything on its own. There are many more conventional cars including some older ones often maintained by shade tree mechanics.

Newer electric cars are relatively expensive and have owners who probably don't fiddle with things like that.

I'd be more interested in what percentage of electric cars catch have fire as compared to the percentage of late model conventional cars catching fire.

Gas cars could be more dangerous. It's just that the number 250K doesn't mean much without more information.

potatolicious• 13 years ago

No, at least not yet. This isn't on the front page of CNN, Fox News, NYTimes, LATimes, or the Washington Post.

Until this becomes a mainstream media story (rather than just a niche tech/auto story), Tesla's fine.

Peroni• 13 years ago

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6488250

Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment?

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