When something "new" has a problem....it's "news"...... after 50 years of gas powered cars catching fire...it's HO-hum, more of the same...
Anytime you have electricity and combustible material....FIRE is always a possibility....
Fire suppression system standard on all cars? Too much expense for the possibility of fire?
Fire at Ford plant recently ...before the vehicles even get on the road?
"Based on annual statistics, about 500 gas-powered cars caught on fire yesterday and ~100 people died on US roads."
And when a Tesla catches fire. It's news.
Me? Just driving a Nissan Leaf.


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