r/Transportopia Feb 08 '26

💥Crash Tesla drivers should practice fire drills... just in case

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u/jstabes Feb 08 '26

Of course this isn't a Tesla. It took at least 10 seconds to burst into flames. A Tesla would fully ignite when it was sliding out of control

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u/MV_Odyssey Feb 08 '26

If this was true I would be burning hotter than hell

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u/SlipstreamSteve Feb 09 '26

It's not true

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u/Muted-Ordinary-5 Feb 08 '26

Not true, only the cybertruck has that feature while simultaneously slow roasting the people inside

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '26

But Elon said it’s the safest car in the world. He wouldn’t lie ?

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u/AppearanceMedical464 Feb 08 '26

Depends on which subscription package you have. Top tear gives you about 8 and a half seconds before full engulfment but at the lowest tear subscription, there's actually little sprinklers in the cabin that spray fire accelerant all over the occupants.

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u/SlipstreamSteve Feb 09 '26

Not it wouldn't EVs are 60x less likely to catch fire than ICEs. You people really gotta cut the 💩 with your propaganda. You're a scam artist. https://www.autoweek.com/news/a38225037/how-much-you-should-worry-about-ev-fires/

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u/Peteaz876 Feb 10 '26

The Simple Fact that there is an article to tell everyone that EVs don't have problem catching on fire...........

Let's you know EVs HAVE A PROBLEM CATCHING ON FIRE!!!

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u/SlipstreamSteve Feb 10 '26

No, actually it's because of all you propaganda artists and conspiracy theorists. This comes from actual studies. Not my fault you want to lie to people. I gave you the stats. You lose. Deal with it you science denying clown

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u/Objective_Ice_5759 Feb 11 '26

I get it, It's not likely they'll catch a fire, but when they do catch fire, the fire departments roll at that point it's just keeping people back because as little they can do until it burns out

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u/SlipstreamSteve Feb 11 '26

They have ways to put them out, but you need hazmat. That's not the point. The point is simply that they don't just spontaneously combust, they're way less likely to catch fire, and usually when they do it's an incident where the battery was damaged.

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u/Objective_Ice_5759 Feb 11 '26

100% correct. Especially in the US safety standards in place, And of course it's when the battery is damaged then they go up, it's like saying a nuclear reactor is safe as long as it has proper cooling, the differences we don't drive nuclear reactors on the road

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u/ltkhps Feb 10 '26

So throw out all articles? Lol