• pppp1000 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      As soon as their own electric car companies become bigger they will throw Tesla out.

      • Sushi_Desires
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        3 years ago

        This would be straight up terrifying. That one that ignited after crashing into the tree a few months ago took something like 30,000 gallons of water to extinguish. I think it is only a matter of time until it happens

        • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          And then a Space X rocket falls out of the sky for a perfect ClusterMusk trifecta.

            • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]
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              3 years ago

              I thought it was a "D" fire, meaning it's a combustible metal fire. most fire suppression equipment is A-B-C compliant (A ordinary combustibles, B flammable liquids, C electrical).

              source: I was certified for wildfire fighting and had the basics drilled into me. I can also look at the MSDS diamond and tell you right away how afraid of whatever is inside I am.

              edit: fun link https://fireprevention.utexas.edu/firesafety/abcs-fire-extinguishers

            • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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              3 years ago

              They had to keep adding water because if they didn't douse the surrounding area, it would have set the forest on fire

            • Sushi_Desires
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              3 years ago

              That's correct, one of the articles said that the firefighters actually called Tesla on the phone to ask them how to put it out. Wild

    • Tomboys_are_Cute [he/him, comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Its a recall not in the refund way but in the "we will send you a fix" kinda way. Apparently they can software-update it away, but the fact that it happened not only on basically every Tesla built in China but also the imports would mean that Tesla already has been selling the same cars to americans

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Yep, once again people will confuse China's more stringent heath and safety policies for them being less healthy and safe.

        The Australian show Rake literally had a whole season about a bunch of Austrian politicians doing sinophobia about a Chinese company buying their beloved "Aus Ripple" ice cream bar company. Then being told that they needed to sell because it turns out that the food coloring that had been used for 70 years was based on DDT and the Chinese wouldn't allow import unless it was produced domestically lol.

  • LibsEatPoop [any]
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    3 years ago

    China interfering in the free market again smh...

    In America people have the freedom to choose whether to burn up or crash to death inside their car!

  • buh [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    That’s what you get with cheap junky imports from a 3rd world country 😒

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      It's true, we yank the USB cord out 85% of the way through installing the cruise control software to save time.

      • StaticDreams [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Broke: Hating China because of UyGhUr GeNoCiDe

        Woke: Hating China because they still haven't banned all Musk products.

  • Offline [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    This is hilarious and at the same time it makes me fear for my precious dengist xpev options