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Pennsylvania Tesla bursts into flames, photos show unrecognizable metal husk
Fox News ^ | 11/18/2022 | Bradford Betz

Posted on 11/18/2022 7:49:44 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

A Tesla burst into flames on a Pennsylvania highway late Tuesday morning, burning so hot as to only be recognizable by its rims, firefighters said.

Multiple fire departments were dispatched to a vehicle fire at Mile Marker 137 on Interstate 80 Westbound in Cooper Township just before 11 a.m. Tuesday.

The daughter of the couple driving the car told WTAJ they were driving their Tesla Model S when a "large piece of debris" went underneath the car, causing it to begin to smoke. The couple, identified as "Michelle and Bob," pulled over and got out of their car. Neither were injured.

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1 posted on 11/18/2022 7:49:44 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A Musk husk?

They only burn at about 6,000 degrees F, so no biggie, bring weenies.


2 posted on 11/18/2022 7:51:33 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Electric vehicles are a waste of time. If they were practical, we would have been driving them in the last century.


3 posted on 11/18/2022 7:51:36 AM PST by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

4 posted on 11/18/2022 7:51:42 AM PST by Pollard ( )
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5 posted on 11/18/2022 7:51:58 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: Pollard

That’s quite a husk. I don’t see any popcorn on the roadway.


6 posted on 11/18/2022 7:52:48 AM PST by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Waiting for one to catch fire on a crowded ferry.


7 posted on 11/18/2022 7:53:09 AM PST by AU72
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To: popdonnelly
Electric vehicles are a waste of time. If they were practical, we would have been driving them in the last century.

Impeccable logic. I bet flying is a waste of time too, or we would have been doing it for the last millennia.

Amirite?!?

8 posted on 11/18/2022 7:53:55 AM PST by Gunslingr3
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Just don’t park in your garage.


9 posted on 11/18/2022 7:54:41 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who cares. Fake news. Musk is a genius. Go Elon Go.

/s


10 posted on 11/18/2022 7:56:52 AM PST by Izzatso
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I have a lite hybrid car (Volvo XC60) and even I am nervous about the electrical system. My wife loves Volvos and I wanted a Chevy Silverado (gasoline). Guess who won??


11 posted on 11/18/2022 7:57:28 AM PST by Kaiser8408a (z)
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To: Pollard

Makes it easier for the tow truck driver...............


12 posted on 11/18/2022 7:58:52 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Kaiser8408a

My wife has an ebike with a Bosch battery in the garage. Even that thing makes me worried.


13 posted on 11/18/2022 7:59:41 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker!)
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To: Gunslingr3

If God had meant for man to fly he would have given us First Class tickets!....................


14 posted on 11/18/2022 8:00:00 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: popdonnelly

“Electric vehicles are a waste of time. If they were practical, we would have been driving them in the last century.”

nice.

I wonder if they get it?


15 posted on 11/18/2022 8:00:28 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Telsas must have a lot of plastic.

Burned out gas car intentionally started on fire.

Burned out Tesla unintentionally caught fire.


16 posted on 11/18/2022 8:01:56 AM PST by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

“large piece of debris” went underneath the car, causing it to begin to smoke.”

When an EV is in an accident, if the battery gets hit (side impacts are the big problem) it’s totaled. Battery is history even if it doesn’t blow up.


17 posted on 11/18/2022 8:02:35 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: AU72
Well you saw what happened on that car transporter coming from Europe...


18 posted on 11/18/2022 8:02:40 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: popdonnelly

Beware of someone/some entity that trys to sell you something, which must act on it in a hurry. “Climate crisis”, they say, yet they fly in private jets and live in mansions.

“Only a decade until we are under water”.

I am not against electric cars or phasing out coal, but why the rush? The rush is so profits can be made short term, without realistically analyzing and addressing the “alleged problem”.


19 posted on 11/18/2022 8:02:52 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Remember August 8!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’ll buff right out.


20 posted on 11/18/2022 8:02:53 AM PST by caddie (We must all become Trump, starting now!)
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