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I am referring to the Fox reporter. Of course she could have believed that. I believe it was her legitimate opinion, whether or not I agree with it (and truthfully, I'm not sure). But what you suggested was something criminal. If someone did set something like that up, it would be a crime. Even if you don't believe it was her opinion and that she was spewing FUD, it's a pretty big leap to assume she would commit a crime or whoever hired her would commit a crime.
None of this bodes well for what was, until now, the "safest car in the world." Telsa needs to figure out what is going on and fix it IMMEDIATELY because this will not just kill the company, it will set EVs back decades.
Here is the tow hitch from my FJ Cruiser. It's very heavy - about 3.9 kg or 8.6 lbs. It's nearly 10 inches tall.
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Interesting rough analysis. I was pretty much expecting something along those lines, and the results don't seem preposterous.I've been doing the math and Tesla has a problem on its hands.
Owner in the median looks to be wearing scrubs. Physician?
The Model S is not the first car with the battery under the entire floor, the LEAF also had it's battery under the car just like the Model S and has been on the roads now for almost 3 years. Coincidentally, it appears that a LEAF is pulled over ahead of the Model S in one of the pics.We may indeed be seeing the signs of a structural design flaw of the Model S here. It's the first car that has the battery in the (whole) floor. This has many advantages (lot of internal space, protection of passenger compartment from side impact and from intrusions from below), but it's also becoming apparent that it's a large area for road debris to strike. Maybe a thicker protection sheet is required.
According to the NHTSA, risk of fire in an accident is about 2.9/1,000 accidents in an ICE. The rate of accident overall is about 2% of all vehicles on the road. If we do that calculation for Tesla, then there would have been 12,500 * 0.02 = 344 accidents so far. If we have 3 fires, then rate of fire per accident is 3/344 = 0.0087, which is 8.7/1,000. That is a three fold higher risk of fire per accident. For Tesla to be at the same rate of fires/accident, there would need to be ~1,000 accidents or roughly 8% of all Model S would need to be wrecked.
None of this bodes well for what was, until now, the "safest car in the world." Telsa needs to figure out what is going on and fix it IMMEDIATELY because this will not just kill the company, it will set EVs back decades.
When doing a factory tour during TESLIVE, I clearly saw the labeling they had at the factory. It was actually a large note for the assembly people. It said to use R1234yf for Europe and R134a for others.R134a is used in the Roadster. And to my albeit limited knowledge the Model S uses R1234yf. At least in Europe. Does anybody know?
+1 to this. If the car is going to be severely damaged regardless, the occupants being unharmed is the key priority and so far the Model S has been exemplary.
One could argue for the driver it would be advantageous in some ways for the car to total itself so that in the end you have a brand new one vs a repaired car involved in an accident. In this particular case, he can get power folding mirrors now