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3 Cybertrucks Caught Fire After Underbody Strikes. Tesla Now Sells a $3,500 Battery Shield Upgrade. (fuelarc.com)
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I mean, I'm glad Tesla built a fix, but it's sort of tacky to ship a $75,000+ truck and then sell the fireproofing separately.

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[–] 111 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

In a functioning society, these things would have been recalled a dozen times by now. But the owner of the company is frenemies with the fucking president so we just have to live with fire bomb hazards driving on our streets

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  • [–] 16 points 2 weeks ago

    Wherever I'm going, I'll be there to apply the formula. I'll keep the secret intact.
    It's simple arithmetic.
    It's a story problem.
    If a new car built by my company leaves Chicago traveling west at 60 miles per hour, and the rear differential locks up, and the car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside, does my company initiate a recall?
    You take the population of vehicles in the field (A) and multiple it by the probable rate of failure (B), then multiply the result by the average cost of an out-of-court settlement (C).
    A times B times C equals X. This is what it will cost if we don't initiate a recall.
    If X is greater than the cost of a recall, we recall the cars and no one gets hurt.
    If X is less than the cost of a recall, then we don't recall.

    Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    But the owner of the company is frenemies with the fucking president

    Enemies? That whole feud was faked to save Tesla. People were boycotting them very successfully. Musk continues to work helping trump including again paying to help in midterms.

    Unfortunately this stunt worked.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago

    "this stunt worked" is relative.

    Look at their sales chart. By comparison, Toyota moved 11-12 million.

    Gravity is inevitable. 1.5 million units a year is a unsustainable failure if the stock price is $300+. They need to multiply it by something insane like 20x for the stock price to make sense.

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