A dozen Tesla cars burned at French store, arson is suspected amid global protests
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The French really do love to set things on fire though. It's part of their national identity.
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Yeah actual murder would be a bit of a dick move.
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I've had my car for 15 years. Also let's go to yeti, I'm Ship of Theseusing it to the end times. It had new tires, new suspension, new fan belt, new battery, new rear wiper motor, new windscreen, and a new wiring harness.
It's also been driven into a tree and brick wall on two separate occasions (not by me). On the radio has never worked.
It's rather like an unreliable tank, I can plow through anything as long as you throw money at it afterwards.
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I saw one a few months ago and I don't think any two panels were square with the neighboring panel. They were all at least four or five mm out of alignment.
So it's no surprise that water gets in and they catch fire, it's not really a solid object, as much as a collection of loosely associated pieces.
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Nah. You would need to actually puncture a lithium cell
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Afaik, moisture getting into batteries/accumulators is the main cause for them to bloat and to bad, which is a problem with teslas, as can be seen by problems arising from just being in rainy weather often (UK)
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You're not wrong but that takes a lot of time. Its an oxidation reaction happening.the fastest way to start a volatile reaction in a sealed lithium battery cell is to pierce the exterior container
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This one's never been crashed and the radio works
But since Skoda in AU never paid for GPS or CarPlay licenses from VW, it doesn't do those.
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See, I wouldn't because I'm not a nazi
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Insurance generally does not cover arson, but I don't know if their policy specifically does. If it was covered, the insurance company is going to consider raising the premiums for coverage. If enough dealerships have to make claims due to arson, all dealerships may have increased premiums, or may even become uninsurable, which would likely stop them from operating at all.
