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You know how its all over the news everytime a Tesla has a crash? EVs are an unknown quantity for most people, if someone repaired their Tesla badly and someth
by benj111 8y ago
You know how its all over the news everytime a Tesla has a crash?
EVs are an unknown quantity for most people, if someone repaired their Tesla badly and something happened, all that would be reported is 'Tesla catches fire', but you wouldn't see 'petrol powered Ford catches fire'.
So I think its understandable that Tesla would want to be protective. That's not to say that I think they should be allowed to do it though. One would hope that there's an independent testing regime to check that the car is actually roadworthy.
- dwighttk 8y agoto be fair: Tesla is selling you the battery, Ford isn't selling you the petrol
- benj111 8y agoIs that a correct metaphor? Surely the battery is a petrol tank, and electricity, petrol.
- sjwright 8y agoThe metaphor barely works either way and breaks down entirely once you factor in home solar.
- benj111 8y agoHome solar would be a nodding donkey on the patio.
- dwighttk 8y agoThere isn't a metaphor in my post. Does the electricity burn? Or the battery?
- benj111 8y agoOk comparison then. Something burns releasing energy. An empty battery will release less energy than a full one, just like a burning fuel tank. https://www.quora.com/Are-Lithium-Ion-batteries-more-flammable-when-they-are-charged https://www.quora.com/Are-Lithium-Ion-batteries-more-flammab...
- dwighttk 8y agofair enough, but an empty battery has more potential energy than an empty gas tank
- sqd 8y agoI think the point the parent comment is trying to make is that a Ford tank cannot burn, but a battery can.
- thisisit 8y agoI find it odd that people are fine with Musk drawing attention with his antics but then aren't happy with disproportionate media coverage. Tesla as a company feeds on that coverage and it is not surprising that there is some bad mixed in with the good.