A dozen Tesla cars burned at store, arson is suspected amid global protests
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A dozen Tesla vehicles burned at a store in Toulouse, France. Arson is suspected amid global protests and vandalism attacks...
  • Donnywholovedbowling@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    23 hours ago

    Doesn’t it say something about how often Teslas catch fire that a dozen cars burned and their response is “arson suspected”?

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      4·
      15 hours ago

      The French really do love to set things on fire though. It’s part of their national identity.

  • xenomor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    651·
    2 days ago

    What do you call a dozen burned teslas?

    A good start.

    I’ll be here all week. Tip your waiter.

      • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
        8·
        2 days ago

        I’m pretty sure you still need an accelerant, which would be the more expensive part.

        • Lucy :3@feddit.orgEnglish
          7·
          2 days ago

          Or you just pour water on the “wrong spot” (where tesla was too cheap to protect the batteries) and it burns down itself.

            • Lucy :3@feddit.orgEnglish
              2·
              11 hours ago

              Afaik, moisture getting into batteries/accumulators is the main cause for them to bloat and to bad, which is a problem with teslas, as can be seen by problems arising from just being in rainy weather often (UK)

              • exploitedamerican@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                11 hours ago

                You’re not wrong but that takes a lot of time. Its an oxidation reaction happening.the fastest way to start a volatile reaction in a sealed lithium battery cell is to pierce the exterior container

  • Grizzlyboy@lemm.eeEnglish
    91·
    2 days ago

    I’m so tired of peach Mussolini and his lackey Mush that I want Tesla to burn. I would never encourage people to do it, but I get it.

    All the nazi and fascistic shit has consequences.

    • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      I do feel bad for people who bought Tesla EVs a few years ago, before mask-off Elon.

      • frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
        3·
        1 day ago

        Before or after he called someone a pedophile for not showing deference to his idiotic cave rescue idea? He’s been publicly questionable since at least 2018.

        • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          15 hours ago

          I guess it depends on how long you keep a car, personally I usually go for a decade.

          I don’t have a Tesla though, just a ‘little’ Skoda Yeti :)

          • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
            2·
            14 hours ago

            I’ve had my car for 15 years. Also a Yeti, I’m Ship of Theseusing it to the end times. It had new tires, new suspension, new fan belt, new battery, new rear wiper motor, new windscreen, and a new wiring harness.

            It’s also been driven into a tree and brick wall on two separate occasions (not by me). And the radio has never worked.

            It’s rather like an unreliable tank, It can plow through anything as long as you throw money at it afterwards.

            • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              9 hours ago

              This one’s never been crashed and the radio works :)

              But since Skoda in AU never paid for GPS or CarPlay licenses from VW, it doesn’t do those.

      • toiletobserver@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        I can see your point. Buyer’s remorse is real. Although, the cyber truck is an especially easy target because of its high price, low quality, and poor styling.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          14 hours ago

          I saw one a few months ago and I don’t think any two panels were square with the neighboring panel. They were all at least four or five mm out of alignment.

          So it’s no surprise that water gets in and they catch fire, it’s not really a solid object, as much as a collection of loosely associated pieces.

    • Zink@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Na na~ nanananana~ na~ na~ na, nazi cars are not for meeee

      (To the tune of Katamari on the Rocks)

  • breen@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    I wholeheartedly considered anyone who damages anything belonging to either Muskrat or Turnip, including their bodies, to be a global hero.

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    41·
    1 day ago

    Now this is more likely to get some jury nullification going. Even more so if you can cast doubt on if it really was the suspect.

    • Paddzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      No. Not in the slightest. All you did was give them insurance write off.

      Cars staying with no one buying them, THAT hurts Tesla. Musk? Nah, he’s checked out since Teslas and EVs aren’t exactly something right gives tow shits about… At least until he needs another payout, but that’s not why he became a president of USA for! Infinite money.

    • Nasan@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      As far as I know, Tesla owns all of their showrooms and service centers. Sort of a point of contention between them and other American automakers that they don’t use the traditional dealership model.