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I hope they find something and if it's possible correct it. (Even better would be the outside cause, of course.)
I've taken a couple of cross-country trips with my dogs and left them in the car while supercharging. With this possibility out there I'm much less comfortable with that. (I regularly ping my app to make sure the a/c is on, but a fire is something much worse.)
ICE vehicles do catch fire, but they don't tend to do it if you've left them alone for 20 or 30 minutes while "refueling". Attempts to say "it could happen to anyone" don't really persuade me.
I hope they find something and if it's possible correct it. (Even better would be the outside cause, of course.)
I've taken a couple of cross-country trips with my dogs and left them in the car while supercharging. With this possibility out there I'm much less comfortable with that. (I regularly ping my app to make sure the a/c is on, but a fire is something much worse.)
ICE vehicles do catch fire, but they don't tend to do it if you've left them alone for 20 or 30 minutes while "refueling". Attempts to say "it could happen to anyone" don't really persuade me.
It looks like I was right when I said the best thing for Tesla would be NO COMMENT. It appears that is their position. Good for them!
It looks like I was right when I said the best thing for Tesla would be NO COMMENT. It appears that is their position. Good for them!
Yeah that Ostrich defense is always the best play. That really helps provide answers to all who were concerned about why it happened--oh yeah that's just great news!
Right. I recall a lawyer who argued that tires were prone to tear themselves apart because the top of the tire was going twice as fast at the bottom. The rationale was that the bottom of the tire was static in relation to the pavement so the top had to be going at double the speed.Everyone who thinks Tesla should comment on this has never worked with or against a high powered lawyer. Try it sometime, it's eye opening.
Yes. It is nice to get some more information about this. Agree with AR that this is unlikely to happen. I believe if TM felt it was a design issue with the car or the charger that they would notify owners...or if a problem with service..the service personnel. EX: They were quick to respond to undercarriage damage to the battery packs by road debris when it appeared it was not a single isolated case.
Yeah that Ostrich defense is always the best play. That really helps provide answers to all who were concerned about why it happened--oh yeah that's just great news!
I understand that a core group of folks want to know what happened, but from Tesla's perspective it obviously makes little sense to dredge up this incident to satisfy a tiny, fractional minority of people. The fire didn't impact the stock price, it had no material impact on Tesla's operations and it barely stayed in the news cycle for more than a day or two. The only place I continue to read about it is here.
That seems weird, when one unsecured seatbelt caused a global recall.
Well, if the fire had nothing to do with a fleet-wide issue, why would Tesla need to do anything? And bottom line is this: Tesla has said nothing. I think that's all the proof we need.
They wouldn't NEED to do anything but they have a history of doing things (blog posts, recalls, etc).
Tesla fire: Short circuit in the car but do not know why
There was a short in the distribution box which led to a Tesla Model S caught fire while it charged. But exactly why it happened, is not possible to determine, according to Tesla.