Tesla Model S Explodes in Shanghai

[ssun30]

Just another casual Model S battery explosion. Skip to 1:16 for view of the explosion.

 

[flexus]

Poor Lexus next to Tesla... No good for Tesla they already are selling inventory wich means they have more production capacity than orders.
BTW how is the incident at MB dealer affecting their sales?

 

[isanatori]

Twenty (20) years ago, Toyota had said the truth that everybody knew. Diesel doesn't have any future. Hybrids instead are the only effective way to tackle pollution, till hydrogen matured. They brought prius which means the one who goes before the future (noun future is translated in Japanese as Mirai), which Toyota have always been touting is Hydrogen.

The reaction was rude to say the least. Toyota had been humiliated, as a scambag company, fooling customers by spreading lies and brainwashing propaganda.

Let's move on, at the next phase of war against Toyota.
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/06/report_toyota_w.html

The above article had been posted 12 years ago. Again, Toyota had said the truth that everybody knew. Lithium is unstable and the technology hasn't matured.

Read the comments below the article, how Toyota had been discriminated again.

But propagandists can't stand against Time and eventually uncovered.

Definitely, it is not Toyota who s been trying to deceive, but Toyotas competition.

It's not news that BEV technology hasn't matured yet.

It really makes wondering also, how much progress has been done in terms of battery safety tech, since Toyota expressed their view about batteries, long long ago. What do you think?

 

[carguy420]

Typical Tesla, terrible quality, poorly engineered piles of junk.

 

[flexus]

Model S has caught on fire in a parkinglot in Hong Kong accprding to SCMP.

 

[Ian Schmidt]

I heard Model 3, but either is believable.

 

[flexus]

I heard Model 3, but either is believable.

If Model 3 it could affect in sales. Scary part is that vehicle was stationary and turned off.

 

[Motor]

Feeling the Burn: Tesla Issues Software Update Following Rash of Fires
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2...sues-software-update-following-rash-of-fires/

The update covers the company’s Model S and X vehicles, regardless of country. Meanwhile, investigations continue into the cause of recent blazes in Shanghai, San Francisco, and Hong Kong.

In a statement reported by the BBC, Tesla said it issued the update “out of an abundance of caution.”

“As we continue our investigation of the root cause… we are revising charge and thermal management settings on Model S and Model X vehicles via an over-the-air software update that will begin rolling out today, to help further protect the battery and improve battery longevity.”

While the company said it doesn’t know the exact cause of the fires, “thermal runaway” is a known danger with lithium-ion batteries. The unstoppable chain reaction, in which temperatures soar within a fraction of a second, has even brought down airliners.

In late April, security camera footage showed a parked Model S smoking, then exploding, in a Shanghai parking garage, incinerating a row of high-end German sedans. Earlier this month, a Model S spontaneously caught fire in a private San Francisco garage. And, this past Sunday, a parked Model S caught fire in the parking lot of a Hong Kong shopping mall. According to media reports, the sedan, which had been parked for half an hour, took 45 minutes to extinguish.

The automaker has sent a team of investigators to probe the Hong Kong incident.

While Tesla claims its battery packs are designed to vent smoke and heat away from the cabin in the event of a fire, one look at the Shanghai video would give any aspiring owner cold feet. After several seconds of visible smoke towards the rear of the car, the thing goes up like a torch.

A company spokesperson told CNN “we believe the right number of incidents to aspire to is zero.”

 

[flexus]

I can't believe how Musk got 2.3mrd wage last year and Tesla is running out of cash. He should be jailed like Ghosn

 

[Will1991]

With this situation I do must reckon, Tesla have very lucky regarding public opinion on this... This Model S got on fire without even charging and after this OTA everything is solved as "Tesla evolved again"... If this was an humble Prius, public opinion would burn Toyota to the ground...

 

[flexus]

With this situation I do must reckon, Tesla have very lucky regarding public opinion on this... This Model S got on fire without even charging and after this OTA everything is solved as "Tesla evolved again"... If this was an humble Prius, public opinion would burn Toyota to the ground...

I don't think Musk or Tesla even pay taxes, which is unacceptable in Europe glad we have a strong union. I voted for carbon neutral and more integrated EU so we can have an increasing number of environmentally friendly cars and ban for only fossil fuel vehicles by 2030.