Edit: It get it, here come the hate replies and down votes.
Yes I know the article "mentions" others, but the title is again about Tesla and not EVs.
I get it. The Tesla articles always get the talk though. I honestly hear "Oh, Teslas light on fire. Electric vehicles are bad." Ask about the Bolt "Those are electric? I thought they used gas."
Let's see how many comments this article gets about this fire compared to the Bolt. The original Bolt talk here from 9 months ago had 106 comments. Heck even the latest post where GM had to recall the Bolt, again, had like 2 comments. Let's see how fast this one grows due to branding.
It's so rare, but they (Tesla) get the real headlines.
Generally parked automotive fires are started by a 12 volt electrical fault that progresses to fuel lines and interior plastics and upholstery. This is not optimal but a lot easier to contain than parked lithium battery powered car fires which require 20 tons of water and several hours to extinguish, followed by removal to a safe place in case of reignition.
Accident impact damaged battery gang fires are a lot more difficult to control due to unstable stored energy
Rudolf Diesel is referenced about all that is bad about his engine, similary Tesla will naturally receive most of the exposure. In addition WSJ is a finance paper, and tesla is by far the highest value EV manufacturer
I searched for your username in the Bolt fire comments and didn't see it. So your big problem is that that article got fewer comments than this one, while you comment on this article and not that one?
Tesla is the market leader. More people have heard of Tesla. Tesla makes a lot of promises about safety.
For all these reasons, something involving a Tesla is news in a ways that something involving a rare car like the Bolt is not (but note that the article also mentions Bolt and Kona fires as well).
If Tesla can't take the heat, then maybe they should cut back on the self-congratulatory marketing.
https://allev.info/2021/07/list-of-known-chevy-bolt-fires/
Edit: It get it, here come the hate replies and down votes.
Yes I know the article "mentions" others, but the title is again about Tesla and not EVs.
I get it. The Tesla articles always get the talk though. I honestly hear "Oh, Teslas light on fire. Electric vehicles are bad." Ask about the Bolt "Those are electric? I thought they used gas."
Let's see how many comments this article gets about this fire compared to the Bolt. The original Bolt talk here from 9 months ago had 106 comments. Heck even the latest post where GM had to recall the Bolt, again, had like 2 comments. Let's see how fast this one grows due to branding.
It's so rare, but they (Tesla) get the real headlines.