Contrary To What You Might Think, Telsa Vehicles Are Eight Times LESS Likely To Have A Fire

Tesla has released its vehicle safety report for the second quarter of 2019. Similar to previous quarters, the report showed that Teslas operating on Autopilot are less likely to meet accidents on the road compared to vehicles operating without the driver-assist system enabled. Tesla’s report this quarter also included statistics on vehicle fires for the first time. 

Fires involving Teslas are quite rare, with some quarters having recorded no vehicle fires at all. This, according to Tesla, results in some challenges, as an increase from one fire per quarter to two fires per quarter would result in a raise of 100%. Tesla has thus stated that it will provide annual vehicle fire data to avoid a misrepresentation of numbers and assure a meaningful comparison to the industry average.

rombeiro - 7/19/2019 9:49:04 AM

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Seriously though...how many times can you guys spell Tesla’s name wrong in your headlines? #editor

Truthy - 7/19/2019 11:13:13 AM

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No, I think that is right. Telsas rarely catch on fire, whereas Teslas are firetraps.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 7/19/2019 10:37:40 AM

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The peanut gallery does not want to hear about actual data, facts and figures. Please go back to your regular programming and ignore the man behind the curtain.

Truthy - 7/19/2019 11:14:04 AM

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8 times less likely than what?

malba2367 - 7/19/2019 1:51:43 PM

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The death rate from fires in Tesla vehicles is much higher than should be expected (5x+ higher) based on the number of vehicles out there. While the data may be skewed due to a small n it is still concerning. Also, Tesla all cause fatality rates are significantly higher than that of other manufacturers that make vehicles in the same price class (I am avoiding using the term "luxury" as that seems to be a point of contention here).

https://medium.com/@MidwesternHedgi/teslas-driver-fatality-rate-is-more-than-triple-that-of-luxury-cars-and-likely-even-higher-433670ddde17

valhallakey - 7/20/2019 4:22:29 AM

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Funny stuff... comments are even better than the article!

skytop - 7/20/2019 1:43:14 AM

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Then why do they all come with fire extinguishers?

MDarringer - 7/20/2019 9:29:16 AM

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Because they are 8 times more likely to incinerate you.

TomM - 7/20/2019 8:06:51 PM

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Hey - Agent 009

For equal treatment for the rest of the auto industry - why not publish a report showing how many of the OTHER vehicles have Battery Pack Fires when they are not otherwise operating. I'll bet a lot of the manufacturers that do not sell EVS have NONE.

And then how about Noting that there has never been such a reported fire among the LARGEST SELL EV - the Nissan Leaf - nor has the Chevy BOLT had such a reported fire. Obviously - it is because the Battery casings on these vehicles are much thicker (ANd more expensive) than the TEsla cheap Panasonic ones. Why is it Tesla is being given a PASS over the other Manufacturers for NOT being as safe - and not upgrading their batteries to safer ones with thicker Casings.

MDarringer - 7/20/2019 8:33:19 PM

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Les Edgar needs to bribe Autospies to run non-stop TVR posts.

SanJoseDriver - 7/21/2019 3:40:44 PM

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Did you forget about BMWs spontaneously combusting? Also there have been Leaf and Bolt fires.

Truthy - 7/21/2019 4:10:32 PM

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SanJoseD, Nissan Leaf and Chevy Bolt have had an insignificant number of fires statistically compared to Tesla. Tesla takes a far more risky approach to batteries than other manufacturers so that they can talk about range.

SanJoseDriver - 7/22/2019 1:18:58 AM

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Think the number of fires per mile will be similar, would be great to get Nissan's stats as well. A lot of Model 3s have been sold and there have hardly been any fires at all. It seems every reported fire is the S/X, which is using 7 year old battery tech and different cells than the 3.