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[–] machinin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How many?

https://www.tesla-fire.com/

Also, the bigger issue is not being able to escape the fire because you can't find the manual releases. Pretty horrible death. Probably done that way to save a little bit of extra money to line Musk's pockets.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works -5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Probably every vehicle has some number of stupid deaths. I assume you don't fly because Boeing fucked up. That's way more than 83 people if just one plane crashes.

It's just way cooler to shit on Tesla though. Very trendy. Very cool.

0.052% (232 / 443,956) fire rate.

Comparison to Industry Average: For context, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports an average fire rate of 1.5 crashes per million miles for all vehicles. Tesla’s fire rate of 0.052% (based on the reported 232 fires) is significantly lower than this industry average.

But it's not very cool to do research that way shrug

[–] machinin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You seem awfully upset that people are criticizing Tesla. Are you okay?

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Naw I already said Tesla sucks all through the thread. I'm sad someone says "Tesla accident" and you all swarm to it to gloat like your kid finally graduated special Ed. No shit accidents happen, but wheres the same offense when any other brand has a fuck up? It's nowhere because smarmy lemurs are only watching tesla news.

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's Tesla’s fire rate per million miles?

And an 'average fire rate of 1.5 crashes per million miles' is unclear.

What's the distinction between crashes and fires here? Is like to make sense of the stats.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Let me google that for you:

  • Tesla vehicles have had a fire rate of one for every 175 million miles traveled, compared to the U.S. average of a vehicle fire for every 19 million miles traveled.
  • According to the National Fire Protection Association, Tesla’s fire rate is significantly lower than the national average, with one fire per 170 million miles driven.
  • A study by the University of Berkeley found that electric vehicle fires, including Tesla, occurred at a rate of 4 per billion miles, which is significantly lower than gasoline vehicles.

Anything else I can type in your search engine?