I’m not sure why my posts specifying why even though my next car will be an EV but not a Tesla namely because I don’t like the company owner was removed TWICE!
WTAF! 
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Lots of reasons. Powerful motors, silent running, compact motors buried deep without needing peripheral systems like radiators that are vulnerable. Powerful motors. No hot exhaust means no heat trail for missiles to lock onto. Powerful motors.
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Though how do you charge them in a hot zone? I guess it all depends on the intended use of the vehicles.
Yep, that’s why I’m not looking to get into a Cybertruck. Don’t want to be caught dead in one.But thats the only model that concerns me. Now, I don’t think I want to be in a Tesla on self driving mode currently, I’m not sure I trust that. But any other Tesla with a human driver, I think I have a normal chance of not being caught dead, just getting safely to where I’m going.
It’s only because Musk has gone from “This generation’s Henry Ford!” To, “Oh, he’s this generation’s Henry Ford, yikes”
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Spot on!
Not everyone will understand that though. You’d have to look under the hood, so to speak. See what I did there?
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I rarely use the FSD. I only use it when I’m going to be on the same road for a long time.
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I saw what you did there…
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Mostly for others
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So those college students that died in the cyber truck….
I can sum it up quite well
The front of the Cybertruck was completely destroyed. The electric vehicle’s battery is not believed to have caught fired following the collision.
Deadly combination for sure. This had nothing to do with a failed Tesla product.
So even if we dismiss the 3 high kids and the intentional fire death at the hotel, we are still left with a fire rate higher than the Pinto. Granted there are only 34,000 of these trucks on the road , so the data requires extrapolation. Time will tell
if these vehicles have a design flaw. It should be noted the other more popular Tesla models have undergone crash testing and a fire issue was not found.
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Right from the start the survey is full of misleading stats. Mother Jones article does mention that one of the fatalities is the Las Vegas Veteran fire and does not have full information on the others. If there is a Cybertruck fire safety concern you can be sure it would have been found by now. I am on the road most of the day. I see more and more Cybertruck. Musk is under the public eye…I will leave it there.
There are plenty of safety issues (including fires) with it being discussed broadly. You can ignore them all but there are clear concerns.
I hope Tesla takes care of the issues.
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Or it’s simply confirmation bias. Look at coachv’s post.
Lots of safety concerns, but those in the cult of Elon will over look them.
Fair point on coachv post. 19 vehicle fires per hour in the US and mostly all
ICE vehicles ! That’s really eye popping to me.
TESLA
Tesla has also faced scrutiny over vehicle fires. However, electric vehicles (EVs) >are generally less likely to catch fire than traditional gasoline-powered cars. Since 2014, there have allegedly been 83 fatalities linked to Tesla fires, and reports indicate 218 fire incidents involving Tesla vehicles between 2013 and early 2024.
Despite these incidents, Tesla vehicles still have a lower fire risk than cars with internal combustion engines.
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