along the same lines - seems to me that the # of cars, number of buyers - is too low relative to other models to really have an apples-to-apples comparison. th

along the same lines - seems to me that the # of cars, number of buyers - is too low relative to other models to really have an apples-to-apples comparison. the car fires are an interesting wrinkle. i like how people are arguing over the statistics of the number of incidents, fatalities, etc. from one perspective - the entire underside of tesla is a battery pack, which would seem to make it incredibly vulnerable to punctures, scrapes etc. in contrast, gas tanks in modern gas cars are usually buried inside the frame, outside crumple zones, in front of the rear axle. and you know why they are there? hundreds of lawsuits, car fires, fatalities, etc. basically, 40+ years of trial-and-error. (gas tank placement is one of the reasons why the ford pinto is a legendary car.) so - if tesla is able to proceed with the model S batteries exactly as they are ... that would make tesla "miles" ... decades ahead of how the auto industry has traditionally engineered cars. will be interesting to watch for sure.