A quick eyeballing through some of the wikipedia page documenting EV fires (with real incidents listed chronologically), it does seem like they are mostly crash related with very few charging related

“highway vehicle” is a technical term to mean road-legal vehicles like cars, trucks, motorcycles, dump trucks, etc. But to exclude things like golf carts and scooters. Not related to the geographic location where a fire occurred.

Yup. They needed somehow to deflect that they had been talking about Tesla’s slower than usual Q1 sales, but of course posted this rather than that the Q2 sales are back up.

Actually, quite to the contrary! Only 5% of ICE vehicle fires are caused by collision.

While they were being stored there, they were in fact all customer cars and not just dealership inventory. Hopefully the business’s insurance will cover it instead of each owner individually having to file claims since it happened outside of the customer’s control.

The point is that a 12v lead-acid battery, regardless of the powertrain of the vehicle hooked up to it, is known to be a regular wear item.

If the 12V is dead, there are leads behind the front bumper’s tow eye cover that pop the hood, then there is a normal 12V battery you can jump like a gas car

It baffles me how a vehicle designed to hold 16 gallons of gasoline in its fuel tank cannot keep a 12 volt battery topped off with an alternator.

Tesla’s whole lineup is fairly unique with their glass roofs.

Having the option to buy big rims is definitely not a Tesla exclusive problem. We opted for the smaller wheel option to have a larger sidewall and less cost, but that’s something I would do buying any car

I’m on an older car that is grandfathered free data for life. For my wife’s newer car, it’s cheaper to get the data for the car than to get the data for the phone, so it makes financial sense there but it is a bummer they charge for data now. If you do already pay for unlimited data on your phone, there’s a button on…

The tax credit situation is more specific than that. For batteries, they determine the procurement chain, identify qualifying critical minerals, and calculate the mineral content. Then they have to meet a threshold of percentage that is sourced with countries that have free-trade agreements with the US. If they…

My question though, is why do you need that? It has industry leading mapping software with live traffic and satellite view. Actually good voice control that fixes words is misheard given the context. Built in Spotify and Apple Music, etc. Built in voice and texting. All while not tying up your phone’s data connection.

Panel gap situation was basically fixed 5+ years ago. Ride quality is fine, on par with any other car I’ve owned. I really like the interior, excellent seats, everything is a soft touch point. It just hid the physical buttons in smart ways so there’s no vintage Boeing 737 cockpit button layout like most cars. You…

I think you’d be surprised how much isn’t dependent on the screen. Really the only thing atypical to be on a screen is the HVAC, but that’s thermostat controlled like a Nest thermostat at your house, set it and forget it.

Sort of going the opposite way due to federal tax laws, getting more American. After the news of this most American list broke, with the Model 3 pretty far down, they upped the American-ness of it and once again the mid-trim Model 3 Long Range qualifies for the US federal EV tax credit again (it hadn’t last year…

Curious what the list of bad things are, besides it being associated with that guy. As a driver of one for 6 years, most of the stuff people talk to me about they’ve heard is bad simply isn’t factual. (Like that there aren’t physical controls for the wipers: there are)

The first memory of pop culture  from my childhood. I remember it being on the TV in my mom’s bedroom when she was folding laundry when I was very young.

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Haha yes. And NH State Legislators make something like $400/yr, so basically it’s volunteer work. You only are there if you really want to be there, not just staying there too long to collect a paycheck like other states that pay their legislators $60,000-$100,000+