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Dozen Teslas torched outside French dealership: authorities (feddit.it)

submitted 4 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Toulouse (France) (AFP) – A dozen Teslas were torched in France in what authorities are treating as an arson attack, the prosecutor's office said Monday.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

C'mon, please don't generate revenue for Tesla - not even from insurance policies. It makes more sense for the cars to just stand around and rust despite the stainless steel. Nobody wants to buy from that goddamn Nazi anyway.

But hey, maybe Musk had the cars set on fire himself - that would be a rather harmless insurance scam compared to his other activities...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 31 minutes ago (1 children)

If it continues, insurance companies will not insure Teslas. Already happened to certain Audi and Porsche models that had subpar plating underneath. Spontaneous combustion would easily do that to Teslas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 24 minutes ago

Yes, that's the silver lining.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

If the finances there work the way I expect they do, if it was political activists upset about Elon Musk who burned the cars, that probably doesn't have a lot of negative impact on Elon Musk.

My guess is that the dealership owned the cars, and that they're probably insured on top of that. The insurer pays. So the net effect is going to be a tiny amount of upwards pressure in French auto insurance costs. The dealership will use insurance money to go buy replacement Teslas. Thus, Tesla will get several more sales, paid for by the French public.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 minutes ago

Why did the dealership buy more Teslas with that money instead of a different brand?

[–] [email protected] 44 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Once again the French demonstrate that they know how to raise hell.

We need to get more like the French.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

There was a post here the other day asking if vandalism was OK because someone wrote something with their finger on a muddy swasticar.

Now this is vandalism. Or possibly an accident, batteries like to burn violently and Tesla isn't known for build quality or safety...

[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Probably the batteries, yeah?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, lithium batteries are well known fire hazards.

And once they get going, they get going, google thermal runaway for some interesting videos.

To fight a thermal runaway you need to cool it down fast, ice is commonly recommanded.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Good news to start the day :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Yes, it’s good to see something fun in a middle of all these miserable days.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago

I wish it produced less pollution, but if it kills Tesla sales in Europe its probably a net benefit.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They did nazi that coming

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think - for their own safety, of course - we should gather more of these Tesla vehicles together in a central location so they can be isolated from the population at large... Perhaps in some sort of tent-based accommodation?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Not one of your best jokes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

I wasn't there though... Do it again so I can see.