Sure, we can do that too. There are 3 trillion miles traveled by all vehicles in a year. (2 trillion if only passenger vehicles but we will use the higher number). 150,000 fires means 1 fire every 20 million miles.

Tesla has traveled over 344 million miles as of June. So 1 fire for every 86 million miles. Aka virtually…

Hmm, Weintraub, German last name? How much shares did this guy own?

The problem with that is then you have to look at statistics of american cars in mexico. Which gets to be quite complex as you can imagine.

It normally isn't. But due to all the publicity and media asking for comment, Tesla had to make a public statement.

Are you somehow forgetting the Tesla cars sold in 2012? Also remember that one of the fires was in Mexico so how would you count that one?

You would be surprised how many new cars catch on fire every year. Van Dyke's Jaguar XJ comes to mind. The thing is it doesn't make headlines unless it is either a celebrity or a Tesla.

How do you know it is a problem? do you know the statistics for other cars?

It was bad luck because for it to have pierced the batteries it had to make a certain leverage action. So not just "hit the metal" but align the metal and the road in an arc at high speeds.

Interestingly enough, so far there has been 0 deaths and no owner had permanent injuries. Safety does not mean the car is indestructible, it means the guy actually lives and doesn't get hurt badly. So I would really love to see his scientific evidence.

I somehow think his evidence will be: "I want to milk more money"

Ok let us do some math. 4 fire, 31k cars. That is 1 fire for every 7,750 cars. (I will also note Tesla addressed the first 3 with an upgrade)

There are 250 million cars on the road, and over 150,000 cars catching on fire every year.

So 1 fire for every 1,666 cars per year.

And for Musk, who "gave several interviews during which he downplayed this Model S fire and worse, failed to disclose that another Model S had been consumed by fire in Mexico on October 18, 2013."

So you know, the tax credit is offered as a static 7.5k. Regardless of the MSRP of the car. If you buy a 25k EV, you get 7.5k tax credit. If you buy a 1 million dollar EV, you still get 7.5k tax credit.

As for why are they offered. The previous administration wanted to lower dependence on foreign oil so they passed a…

That really makes no difference though and for 3 reasons.

1) It only makes up 6-10% of the car cost

2) Tesla is not the one who made the subsidies and considering they are supply capped not demand capped, the subsidies make no difference.

3) Anything a buyer gets in tax credits he loses in resale value

What weirdo tax subsidies/incentives?

And yet, Koenigsegg drives a Tesla lol

Now if you actually progressed passed first grade chemistry. You would have learned that compounds and raw elements behave differently.(ex. Sodium Chloride, sodium as an element is very flammable in water and chloride is toxic, but together it is a compound called NaCL or Table Salt).

This isn't an electrical fire though, it is a chemical thermal reaction. The solution is actually using lots of water. (Though it is different than a gasoline fire because you don't want to use water directly on a gasoline fire, that is dangerous. What you need to do is sprinkle it in such a matter that is starves the…

It clearly says expert inspections, not witnesses.

"Rodas' attorney, citing expert inspections of the crash, says in the lawsuit that Roger Rodas, an experienced race car driver, was traveling at 55 miles per hour on a street in Santa Clarita, California, at the time of the crash, below the speed Los Angeles County…

The official statement was the Porsche was driving 80-93 mph, but independent investigators say they were driving 55mph hence why the widow is sueing.

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/busin…

The security is good, but from my understanding, the service center disables it when the car is in. So most likely it was turned off by the dealership.