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Fire at Tesla dealership near Rome destroys 17 cars
- DecentShoes 2y ago[flagged]
- bigyabai 2y agoNext you'll tell me that combustion engines don't combust without liberal anger to drive the piston.
- caboteria 2y agoWindshield washer fluid is just liberal tears, after all.
- bdcravens 2y agoPossible, yes, even probable given the state of protest against the company. (Arson is a felony, but if we're now going to recategorize arson as terrorism, that's a big can of worms to open) However, it's not like Teslas haven't had the reputation for being fire risks for years. https://medium.com/@davidsehyeonbaek/why-tesla-evs-catch-fire-and-why-victims-struggle-to-escape-8ec89e59760c https://medium.com/@davidsehyeonbaek/why-tesla-evs-catch-fir...
- DyslexicAtheist 2y agoyes indeed. and the article provides no evidence of this being arson. it might very well be either another battery fire as you say or insurance fraud (South Italy after all)
- singleshot_ 2y agoIt seems as though arson of property used in interstate commerce is terrorism to the extent it seeks to influence the conduct of government by intimidation for some time now; see 18 U.S.C. 113B section 2332b(g) if it transcends national boundaries.
- BryantD 2y agoThat's more probable, but that's also the reaction that should compel us to consider the possibility that we're looking at an insurance scam. If I owned a Tesla dealership in a country that was seeing sales drop the way they are, and if I didn't have ethics, I'd be thinking about the potential to get rid of unsalable backstock at no charge.
- cbeach 2y ago[flagged]
- bdcravens 2y agoWell considering that sales of Tesla are down around 40% in Europe, and as much as 70% in some countries, it's pretty clear there's dissatisfaction with the company.
- cbeach 2y agoThe big seller in Europe is the Model Y. In fact the Model Y was Europe's best-selling car in 2023. https://www.motor1.com/news/705284/tesla-model-y-best-selling-car-europe/ https://www.motor1.com/news/705284/tesla-model-y-best-sellin... Sales were naturally going to be down dramatically in the months before a major refresh. Let's wait until we see the sales figures post-refresh before we jump to conclusions on "dissatisfaction with the company"
- DyslexicAtheist 2y agothe cars might still not drive themselves, but the jokes do write themselves. and they're fire.
- nodesocket 2y agoThis is exactly what happens when the media and left constantly call the opposition a threat to democracy, nazi's, and fascist. They are directly responsible and knowingly are fueling terrorist activity.
- Fricken 2y agoHeil damage. It's considered an act of god.
- krapp 2y agoThe opposition is a threat to democracy, nazis and fascists. Maybe be more concerned about the people trying to purge the US of political dissidents and wrongthink, dismantle the republic and crater the economy than the people setting some ugly, barely functional garbage cars on fire.
- nodesocket 2y agoSo you condone this activity? Typical, sitting on a pedestal of false moral and intellectual superiority.
- krapp 2y agoI don't condone it. I think vandalism is a waste of effort, a case of mistaking catharsis for praxis. But I certainly get it. I just find the overwrought outrage to be absurd, given the context.
- cbeach 2y agoI can show you a dozen conveniently freeze-framed images of prominent Democrats raising their arm in supposed "Nazi salutes". Calling Musk a Nazi is just Godwin's Law ad absurdium.
- computerthings 2y ago[dead]