Posted on 11/19/2013 5:17:14 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's auto safety watchdog has opened an investigation into battery fires in Tesla Model S electric cars.
The National Highway Traffic Administration says fires broke out in two of the cars in the U.S. after the undercarriage hit metal road debris. The debris pierced the batteries and caused a thermal reaction and fires. In each case, the car warned the driver of the damage, and both escaped without getting hurt.
The probe affects more than 13,000 cars from the 2013 model year that were sold in the U.S. Tesla has sold about 19,000 of the cars worldwide. They start at $70,000 but often run more than $100,000......
.......Musk wrote that at first, a NHTSA investigation didn't seem like a good use of the agency's time given the higher frequency of gasoline-powered car fires. But he changed his mind. "If a false perception about the safety of electric cars is allowed to linger, it will delay the advent of sustainable transport and increase the risk of global climate change, with potentially disastrous consequences worldwide. That cannot be allowed to happen," Musk wrote......
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Wow! What took them so long?
Stock has been hammered before this investigation was announced. Look out below come today, when it finds a bottom possibly some cash to be made on a swing trade.
Tesla ran out of campaign contribitions to the Obama administration.
Gee a probe initiated because somebody thought differently about the perception of safety than was thought to prevail among the populace!
What's wrong with this picture?
HF
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