Unique ICE risk

[TNEVol]

Carbon Monoxide. How many people will die or have serious injury as a result of this unique risk factor for ICE? see this link for example http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...om-blizzard/dcSmZDfjRSohNDCsAdtBqM/story.html
Love my Tesla and its safety.

 

[skdave]

I warmed up my Tesla for the first time in the garage with the door down. Not use to that yet. Love it.

 

[SCW-Greg]

Funny, I guess I never (inherently) thought about it. That A, I would never consider this for my ICE (which has remote start), or B, that I'm already doing it with my Model S now... especially while it's on shore power.

 

[lolachampcar]

I just like the idea that my garage is not turned into a sauna when my wife and I get home in the afternoon. Both ICE cars used to get it to a full bake before

 

[roblab]

Having had a friend die last year due to parking in his garage while the last of the song played on the car radio (evidently), I was surprised that there are only about 20 deaths per year from CO due to ICE exhaust.

But the question remains: Should NHTSA investigate??!

 

[Thumper]

It looks like an obvious design flaw to me. All those tail pipes could easily be bent upward after they pass the rear bumper and end above the car, like a semi. There should definitely be an investigation and recall of all ICEs!

 

[brianman]

I think we should retitle this thread to match the sensationalism we see a lot of lately:

Model S is infinity times less likely to kill you from carbon monoxide than every ICE car on the road

Of course, someone will pull out statistics in a year that will show that someone died in his/her garage from carbon monoxide poisoning and further note that there is no evidence that another vehicle was in the garage at the time. From this it will be claimed that it's inconclusive and we'll start a whole new excelgasm with confidence intervals and such.

 

[jerry33]

Having had a friend die last year due to parking in his garage while the last of the song played on the car radio (evidently), I was surprised that there are only about 20 deaths per year from CO due to ICE exhaust.

I suspect that's because most garages are quite leaky.

 

[brianman]

Having had a friend die last year due to parking in his garage while the last of the song played on the car radio (evidently)

Eep! Do they think it was intentional, Rob?

 

[Zextraterrestrial]

Having had a friend die last year due to parking in his garage while the last of the song played on the car radio (evidently), I was surprised that there are only about 20 deaths per year from CO due to ICE exhaust.

But the question remains: Should NHTSA investigate??!

Maybe ICE car makers should all be sued for the chronic poisoning of millions of people and animals..

 

[Doug_G]

Having had a friend die last year due to parking in his garage while the last of the song played on the car radio (evidently), I was surprised that there are only about 20 deaths per year from CO due to ICE exhaust.

That's terrible about your friend. Sorry to hear that.

That said, surely it takes much longer than one song to create enough CO to render someone unconscious...???