Here's a Bloomberg.com (not .sg) link that says there's been two such fires in the entire state in the wake of hurricane Ian, but doesn't name the brand. Draw your own conclusion as to wether that's a statewide emergency affecting Teslas.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-14/tesla-fir...

I've never heard someone IRL talking about Teslas when they mean some other EV or EVs in general. So no, it doesn't seem like the kleenex effect at all, it's just much more attention grabbing to talk about Teslas specifically in an article, so it's done even thigh it's misleading.

Like, the actual article mostly only mentions EVs but then the headline says Tesla. It's clickbait. IMO the HN title should be edited to "Electric Vehicle fires..."

I dont think it is intentional slander, I think they are intentionally confusing the topics to drive clicks.

I am curious about Teslas AND EVs, but they way they mix them up I learn nothing about either.

Is this a Tesla specific issue... unclear

What is happening with other EVs... Unclear

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration makes a statement about Teslas... did they mention other cars? exclude other cars?

Were tissues are controversial product when they first came out? On many Tiktoks I see where someone is discussing their Tesla people make a large number of negative remarks unrelated to the video. Because of this when I see an article using "Tesla" for an issue that all EVs face I'm suspicious.