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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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To: nascarnation

Do you think it can be repaired? 🤪🤗😀🤭😩🥹


21 posted on 11/18/2022 8:03:21 AM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: Dutch Boy

That’s the difference between gasoline, which burns at 1,500 degrees, and EV batteries, which burn at 5,900 degrees.


22 posted on 11/18/2022 8:04:10 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: Red Badger
Makes it easier for the tow truck driver.

HA! Needs a wheelbarrow and a broom...

23 posted on 11/18/2022 8:04:43 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If this continues, EVs can become known as a source of heat for those cold winter nights.


24 posted on 11/18/2022 8:04:43 AM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try. )
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In better shape than Twitter at the moment.


25 posted on 11/18/2022 8:05:29 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Gunslingr3

Until price of EV’s can compete with ICE cars, I will not even think about buying one. Every one of my last 5 ICE cars lasted 100,000 miles with no repairs. Why even think about an EV?


26 posted on 11/18/2022 8:06:38 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: entropy12

It’s pretty obvious that as long as Democrats are in control, they are going to penalize petroleum burning vehicles and subsidize battery ones. So for the average person, economics will be the forcing factor.


27 posted on 11/18/2022 8:08:23 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: proust

I think Twitter will generate bigger ROI than Tesla or Spacex. With all the high priced employees fired, Twitter will be cheap to run.


28 posted on 11/18/2022 8:08:23 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: entropy12

And the returns will come from what, specifically?


29 posted on 11/18/2022 8:10:37 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: entropy12

It’s a race between cutting employees (cost) and losing advertisers (revenue).

Will be fun to watch


30 posted on 11/18/2022 8:11:04 AM PST by nascarnation (Let's go Brandon!)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I do not leave the battery for my Stihl hedge trimmer charging in my garage overnight.

It is about the same size of a motorcycle battery.


31 posted on 11/18/2022 8:12:09 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: nascarnation

Oh yes, democrats and liberals are obsessed with MAN MADE global warming HOAX. I am still waiting for an answer as to how the last ice age ended, which had many miles high ice glaciers parked over midwest. There was so much ice there, when it melted, it formed the largest body of fresh water on earth known as the Great Lakes. That global warming was certainly not man made. Note: Lake Baikal does not have more volume of water than Great Lakes, it is simply deeper.


32 posted on 11/18/2022 8:12:22 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: entropy12

“Every one of my last 5 ICE cars lasted 100,000 miles with no repairs. Why even think about an EV?”

Why do you think 78% of EV owners also have an ICE car, but only 1% of ICE owners have an EV?


33 posted on 11/18/2022 8:12:53 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: popdonnelly

In 1895, EVs were around for a few years, until steam-powered vehicles slowed sales down, and then the ICE vehicles killed the battery-powered EVs altogether. Ford, Duryea and others killed the EVs off, until recent years.

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/overview-of-early-electric-cars.html


34 posted on 11/18/2022 8:13:04 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: nesnah

Probably cheap and thin aluminum underside to the vehicle. Won’t take much to puncture and expose batteries to damage.
Of course the lighter the frame the better the mileage.


35 posted on 11/18/2022 8:13:34 AM PST by George from New England
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To: Red Badger

Not unless he carries a broom and dustpan on the truck.


36 posted on 11/18/2022 8:15:08 AM PST by jimbug
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To: jimbug

They do, at least around here........................


37 posted on 11/18/2022 8:15:43 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

but but but the climate emergency

oh and virtue signaling

we have to save the erf

even if it kills us


38 posted on 11/18/2022 8:15:49 AM PST by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

“Only a decade until we are under water”.

Hmm! Rising water levels due to climate crap and cars that burn like hell when they get wet. What a combo for this world we will live in.


39 posted on 11/18/2022 8:15:54 AM PST by George from New England
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To: proust

Same as for Google, Facebook, etc....ADVERTISERS.
If there are millions of eyes watching, there will be advertisers. If you build, they will come.


40 posted on 11/18/2022 8:16:39 AM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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