I mean, I’m glad Tesla built a fix, but it’s sort of tacky to ship a $75,000+ truck and then sell the fireproofing separately.
I mean, I’m glad Tesla built a fix, but it’s sort of tacky to ship a $75,000+ truck and then sell the fireproofing separately.
My previous EV, an extremely humble (and cheap) Dacia Spring, got hit by a semi on the highway. It was totaled, completely destroyed. It finished upside down and even then, it didn’t catch fire and the doors opened. Also didn’t lose any of the wheels. I’d say that was the most unintended use case of the car and still, a barely 15k euros car ended in a better shape than a $75k+ monstrosity that is marketed as a truck “for the apocalypse”.
The fact that “it didn’t catch fire and the doors opened” is the measure of success means that the bar is really on the floor for Teslas.
For real though don’t run over the bar with a Tesla, if it goes through the battery, you’re toast
It’s an unintended use, but an expected condition. A vehicle should never add to the danger in an expected condition except in ways necessary for an expected function (reaching highway speeds for example is inherently dangerous)