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Oh, cool, so that’s what’s supposed to happen in a collision? I’ll totally buy one.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Gas cars sometimes burst into flames when they crash into trees. Why is this news?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lithon-ion batteries commonly used in electric vehicles. and are known to burst into flames when confronted with any force. Their are safety measures in EV'S. But sometimes these safety measures aren't enough. Chances are that Tesla model 3 wasn't defective.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I thought this article was going to be about my neighbor who's kid died in a Tesla that hit a tree and exploded into a raging fire.

Wtf Tesla?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It wasn’t defective. Catching on fire is just normal behaviour for a Tesla.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I keep being told we shouldn't talk about Teslas catching fire because it's not a big problem and also other cars catch fire.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You can absolutely talk about it, but recognize that non-EVs catch fire more often that EVs. So if you have a problem with EVs catching fire, you should REALLY have a problem with every other car first.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How old is the EV fleet compared to the broader vehicle fleet? Literally some of the oldest "mass-market" EVs are barely older than the average car. I've never had a fire in any newer car, but I've had a couple of close calls in old shitboxes with rat gnawed wiring or an oil/fuel leak onto the exhaust headers.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

I don't have those numbers. I'd be happy to look at them if you find them though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Do other car companies' cars that lack defects tend to have this sort of fire situation?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Do other car companies’ cars that lack defects tend to have this sort of fire situation?

If you can point to any car company that produces a car lacking defects at all, I'm very interested to see it. With regard to EV fires vs cars that have ICE the numbers are very telling:

"Data from the National Transportation Safety Board showed that EVs were involved in approximately 25 fires for every 100,000 sold. Comparatively, approximately 1,530 gasoline-powered vehicles and 3,475 hybrid vehicles were involved in fires for every 100,000 sold." source

60 times greater fire chance for pure ICE car than EV. 139 times greater fire chance for hybrid than EV. So if you are desiring to own a car with a much much higher likelihood it will catch on fire make sure it has an ICE engine and a gas tank.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

The average ICE is 4 times older than the average EV- more than 12 vs less than 4

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Talk to Tesla. They claim this has nothing to do with defects. It's not about likelihood, it's about their claim that it's not their issue.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why do I need to talk to Tesla? BEVs (Tesla or any other brand) have far far fewer car fires than anything with an ICE engine. Its proven by statistics. You started this conversation asking about car fires. Isn't that the topic you wanted to cover?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They claim this has nothing to do with defects.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You're moving the goalposts on the conversation then. If I read the article properly, the "defects" comment in the suit was related to the crash, and not the fire, where the deceased driver and the surviving passenger both had Blood Alcohol Levels way above the legal limit. That wasn't related to the fire.

Are you conceding on your original point and agreeing that BEVs are far far less likely to catch on fire than cars with an ICE engine and gas tank?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I never made such a point, so I have nothing to concede.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"I keep being told we shouldn’t talk about Teslas catching fire because it’s not a big problem and also other cars catch fire." -FlyingSquid link

Care to explain what you meant by your opening post then?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am not sure how to make what I said more clear. But I think you’ve proven my point.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How wonderfully evasive of you!

  • The reading is pretty clear to me that you're implying that Tesla (and presumably EVs in general) catch fire more than non Tesla (or again, other EVs).
  • That is clearly proven wrong
  • You ignore your previous point and move the goalposts to your "defect" angle
  • When called on you moving the goalposts you claim the original reading of the original point is wrong
  • When called to clarify your original point, you refuse to explain it, and even claim to have no other way your claimed unknown point could be communicated
  • You claim victory with nothing to support it

Should you ever want to change careers, you have a strong talent for doublespeak and propaganda. Pick up some Russian or Mandarin language skills, update your Linkedin, and you'll be well on your way to a new career!

Now with my own snark aside, I need to say this. You're not an idiot. I know this. I've read many posts of yours where you accurately and passionately defend your position, even extending your the language of your arguments to make yourself understood by your audience. This current thread is out of character for you, and from what I've seen elsewhere, you're better than this.

I'm going to chalk this one up to you having a bad day and end the conversation here. I hope your day gets better, friend.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

As long as it's pretty clear to you, that must be it.

And as I told someone else on another thread, there's no such thing as a good day.

By the way, I don't remember claiming victory. You'll have to point out when I did that and what I claimed victory over since I can't remember the last time I had a victory in my life and, while it likely won't brighten my day since that's not a thing that happens, you never know.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

And as I told someone else on another thread, there’s no such thing as a good day.

You're alive and breathing. I'm glad you're here. Your loved ones and family care deeply for you. Apart from all other challenges in life, that's a good day.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now that is a better statistic. However, I would want to go one step further - every 100,000 vehicle miles.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

In looking for other information I did run across this quote. Its in an article from Forbes, so take it with a grain of salt, but the quote isn't from the author but from Tesla corporate. It doesn't offer a complete picture, but its the closest to your question I've run across so far so I thought I'd share it:

“Tesla has reported that between 2012 and 2021 there was approximately one Tesla vehicle fire for every 210 million miles travelled. This includes fires that did not originate in the vehicle, like arson, structure fires etc. According to the National Fire Protection Association, the national average in the U.S. was one fire per 19 million miles travelled. This suggests Tesla’s EVs are 11 times less likely to catch fire than the average car,” Edmondson said." source

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Self driving fucking when, I just want to sleep in my car while it takes me places

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That is called public transport, my friend. You can sleep all you like on a bus or train.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The short sightedness of this kind of comment just to beat the thoughtless rhetoric without solving anything.

Self driving happens it's better then the average driver. People start thinking 'I shouldn't leave my car idle I have to hustle, it can drive people while I am at work'. Self driving cars turn into ride share. Self driving cars then start becoming a norm, as investment takes over and they connect to each other driving and braking together. Accidents reduce, costs of transport lower. Fewer people buy cars. Cars work like carriages together like a train but using existing road infrastructure. Programmed by logic based on law pedestrians and bicycles now priority but anyone else can still take a clean private carriage to their destination.

This is what you want.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am totally on board with individual vehicles as a last-mile solution, and self driving vehicles are a great option for that, but expecting them to provide the entire trip puts us right back in the situation we find ourselves now with human driven cars.

Unless we are going to shrink these vehicles down to the size of a bicycle, mass transit for the bulk of the route will always win out in terms of efficiency.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah ultimatums like what you say are definitely the way to achieve this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dude’s BAC was reported as 0.26 in a toxicology report. Autopilot makes mistakes, but you’re supposed to be sober enough to correct them.

As for the car bursting into flames when it was allegedly only going 41 mph, that is surprising.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

2.6‰ for us Europeans btw, America uses %

0.26‰ would only be slightly drunk with minor impairments, with that BAC you should be able to correct most "autopilot" mistakes

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That’s not how it works. .26 BAC is .26 g/100mL so it’s the exact same in Europe. A BAC of 2.6 is not possible as you’d die before ever getting to 1 . Also ‰ is literally just for one thousandths percentages.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

In my European mind, a BAC of 0.26 refers to a BAC of 0.26‰ which is fairly low, due to the lack of units.

But it referred to a BAC of 2.6‰, which is extremely high.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_alcohol_content

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

.26 is very high in American units when .08 is legal limit in a lot of places! So whatever the higher option is, most likely for non American units.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure they're correct. 0.26 per cent is 2.6 per mille (thousand).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For per mile. For BAC, not so much as I said it’s g/100mL.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sure, but there's no % there, it just say BAC.

When there's no % or ‰ anywhere, people assume its in the unit that is most commonly associated with BAC readings in their country. Which in the EU, is ‰

Your local news would say a BAC of 0.26, their local news would say a BAC of 2.6

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Awesome. They specifically mentioned what it would be in European units for their understanding. They weren't talking to you directly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Ahh, so the bursting into flames is a feature, not a bug.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

It was a successful test of the drive termination system.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

"We would just like to stress that this isn't typical."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Well, it's not supposed to burst into flames upon hitting a tree, for a start.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

The front fell off.