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"Police said the gray 2014 Tesla Motors Model S may have been speeding southbound in the 1300 block of Seabreeze Boulevard when it drove off the roadway and str
by arcanus 8y ago
"Police said the gray 2014 Tesla Motors Model S may have been speeding southbound in the 1300 block of Seabreeze Boulevard when it drove off the roadway and struck a concrete wall about 6:46 p.m. Tuesday."
The car was not operating in autonomous mode.
- mozumder 8y agoI think the issue here is the safety of lithium electric batteries? It's rare for gas tanks to explode.. not sure what lithium battery safety rates, especially given reports of exploding phones/laptops/Boeing 787s
- toomuchtodo 8y ago“In 2003-2007, U.S. fire departments responded to an average of 287,000 vehicle fires per year. These fires caused an average of 480 civilian deaths, 1,525 civilian injuries, and $1.3 billion in direct property damage annually.“ https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Fire-statistics-and-reports/Fire-statistics/Vehicle-fires/Vehicle-fire-trends-and-patterns https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Fire-statistics-and-r...
- plorkyeran 8y agoGasoline cars bursting into flames is so commonplace that it doesn't make the news when it happens.
- actsasbuffoon 8y agoCan confirm. I've seen at least 2 combustion-based cars on fire during my commute. I don't mean small fires either; these looked like something out of an action movie.
- EADGBE 8y agoFire from overheating or fire from accident?