Another Tesla Caught On Fire While Sitting In A Toronto Garage This Month

SFGate.com ^ | 2/13/14 | Linette Lopez - Business Insider

[2ndDivisionVet]

I wouldn’t have a hybrid or electric jammed up my ***. BTW, you have to replace those batteries at some point and it is far from cheap to do so.

[NormsRevenge]

This is why you have insurance, folks. Ya never know.

[muir_redwoods]

It caught fire or it was set on fire. It did not “catch on” fire.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[jazusamo]

Shortly after the fire, seven Tesla employees visited the owner of the vehicle.

Surprised they weren't there before the FD arrived and Elon Musk wasn't there shortly after.

[hosepipe]

Well at least it didnt blow the garage to smithereens..
nuke the family and poison the dog..

[hosepipe]

Well at least it didnt blow the garage to smithereens..
nuke the family and poison the dog..

[sakic]

I have three friends who own Teslas, and all three swear by them. They have lost interest in other cars.

Like it or not, we are no doubt headed in that direction.

[Dagnabitt]

Have any of them let you drive it? If so, whadyathink?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I own a 911 Carerra and have found it more fun to drive than any previously owned car. 325 horses, 2,900 pounds. 26 mpg at a steady 70 (on premium.)

[NormsRevenge]

Sometimes, we don’t end up where we intended to go.. even with GPS.

Technology is a great thing.. and sometimes a confounding one too.

I don’t begrudge folks their choices.. and have no ill intent towards electric or hydrogen fueled vehicles. The marketing of such, ehhhhh.. like I say, keep your insurance current..

btw,, Ya see the new electric Cadillac?

[4rcane]

I find this story hard to believe to be hoenst. Tesla batteries are design differently to traditional lithium batteries. Their cells are ALOT smaller. There are some ppl who just wish Tesla to fail and just clam onto anything they think valid their negative view of Tesla

[glock rocks]

I’ve had my Toyota truck for six years now, and never has it burst into flames.

Not once.

[Rebelbase]

They are fast cars. A couple of years ago one blew past me on the interstate doing at least 90+. I tried to catch up to it for 12 miles and didn’t get close.

[jjotto]

hehe

How many $100,000 cars AREN’T fast?

[batterycommander]

Joooooish lightening struck that hunkajunk. Somebody realized that the resale on that jalopy was less than what he could get from an insurance fire sale.

[meatloaf]

I once had a city employee tell me I needed to remove a car from the front yard because it might catch on fire. This was before the current orgasmic worship of electric cars. I had missed all of the news reports of beaters spontaneously combusting.

[USAF80]

It may be fast but limited in range. Just an expensive golf cart.

[867V309]

Don’t see the problem here. Just because your elite car could catch fire for no reason in the middle of the night and kill you, your family and your cat with no warning. Oh, wait, carbon footprint/