“According to the U.S Federal Highway Administration data, roughly 2,980 billion miles were driven, on average, per year on U.S. roads during this period. Roughly 90 highway vehicle fires and 0.15 highway vehicle fire deaths were reported per billion miles driven.”

On average, 90 highway vehicle fires per billion miles…

Dude, you must have turned your dial up to 11 and broke it off for the new year.

In an extreme event such as this, something went wrong. “Cut loose” is just what I typed. Maybe I should have typed “Runaway thermal event” like the last Tesla that caught fire due to the front pack getting punctured by a trailer hitch.…

The Model S doesn't have gull wing doors.

This is a Model S, which does not have gullwing doors. The Model X has those.

Because it’s so much worse than when an ICE car’s gas tank explodes. I swear, it’s a running theme every time there’s a Tesla post: someone makes a vague, underhanded your-uncle-on-Facebook kind of comment that somehow batteries make these cars more “dangerous” in some way. Come on: “cut loose?” You make lithium-ion…