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Note, linked article has no details. This sublinked article has some https://www.newsweek.com/3-dead-after-tesla-cybertruck-crashes-catches-fire-1992789 https:/

Note, linked article has no details. This sublinked article has some https://www.newsweek.com/3-dead-after-tesla-cybertruck-crashes-catches-fire-1992789 https://www.newsweek.com/3-dead-after-tesla-cybertruck-crash... It's completely unclear to me from this article if they failed to open because of computer control or mechanical damage. The car was on fire, I think, that's not exactly a trivial crash (though the 2nd article a fire chief says it didn't look like heavy damage to cause a fire) And they only got 1 of 4 out before the rest died? It doesn't take much to make a door hard to open or a lock fail to operate. They were also intoxicated. What scares me, as a new volunteer fire/ems, with these is how prone to fire they are and how hard it is to stop the fire once thermal runaway has started. Especially when you are trying to pull someone out. But as I said I have no idea from this article what happened, incredibly badly written. I'm not a fan of tesla but it almost feels like a 0 data hit piece. It's very hard to understand anything from this article.

t1E9mE7JTRjf 1y ago
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dreamcompiler 1y ago
Vastly more ICE cars catch fire every year than Teslas do. They get zero news coverage. But as you say ICE cars are also vastly easier to put out. We train on EV fires to spray them with water for hours because that's what it takes. Easier said than done when you have to shuttle water with tenders as we often do.
- lukevp 1y ago
  Don’t ICE cars mostly catch fire under the hood or the trunk area under the car? Vs. the entire floor of the car being an explosive and very hot fire? Seems quite a bit different. I mean it sucks if a car catches on fire and burns up but if no one dies it’s significantly less of a big deal.
altairprime 1y ago
Tesla makes a pointed effort to withhold data at all costs, as demonstrated in a recent court case. Take care that their success in that regard does not unknowingly mislead your evaluations of safety claims against them.

t1E9mE7JTRjf 1y ago

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dreamcompiler 1y ago

Vastly more ICE cars catch fire every year than Teslas do. They get zero news coverage. But as you say ICE cars are also vastly easier to put out. We train on EV fires to spray them with water for hours because that's what it takes. Easier said than done when you have to shuttle water with tenders as we often do.

lukevp 1y ago
Don’t ICE cars mostly catch fire under the hood or the trunk area under the car? Vs. the entire floor of the car being an explosive and very hot fire? Seems quite a bit different. I mean it sucks if a car catches on fire and burns up but if no one dies it’s significantly less of a big deal.

altairprime 1y ago

Tesla makes a pointed effort to withhold data at all costs, as demonstrated in a recent court case. Take care that their success in that regard does not unknowingly mislead your evaluations of safety claims against them.