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Comment by abc_lisper | Hacker News Reader

Haha. Having Hertz as a customer is a huge validation for Tesla. It means other rental fleets will be asked questions about electrification. It also means a bunch of people will test drive Teslas - people who wouldn't otherwise look at it. The car sells itself, because it is great.

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Wait until an entire parking garage of Teslas goes up in flames, let's see if the stock price budges then... Why aren't the insurance industry more active about this?!

https://www.rt.com/news/538335-germany-electric-vehicle-bus-...

ok. These things have been discussed on reddit/twitter the last 3-4 years over and over again. Tesla has sold a decent chunk of cars now, from which you can do meaningful projections on it's fire safety.

From Tesla's website (https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport) "From 2012 – 2020, there has been approximately one Tesla vehicle fire for every 205 million miles traveled. By comparison, data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and U.S. Department of Transportation shows that in the United States there is a vehicle fire for every 19 million miles traveled. In order to provide an apt comparison to NFPA data, Tesla’s data set includes instances of vehicle fires caused by structure fires, arson, and other things unrelated to the vehicle, which account for some of the Tesla vehicle fires over this time period."

The last place to look for info on BEV fire safety is a manufacturer's website. Talk to fire fighters, look at the independent stats.

NTSB: Lithium-Ion Battery Fires in Electric Vehicles - Safety Risks to Emergency Responders

https://youtu.be/J6eS6JzBn0k

Wait until you learn what happens to gasoline when it gets hot!

And don't post links to RT, they're the Russian state mouthpiece.

You clearly have no idea about the difference between a gasoline fire and battery thermal runaway/stranded energy/reignition issues.

Essentially an EV fire is analogous to an out of control 220 volt welder as this video illustrates in some detail https://youtu.be/tuVxwmnhqP4

Your comment about RT merits no reply except to suggest your being a little more open minded about the difference between facts and publishers

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