Posted on 08/22/2019 4:30:47 PM PDT by tcrlaf
Walmart sued Tesla for "gross negligence" on Tuesday, claiming that the electric car company's energy division installed solar panels that went up in flames on its store rooftops. The fires caused millions of dollars in damage, the lawsuit alleges.
The retailer said fires broke out at seven store rooftops between 2012 and 2018. One location in Ohio had to be closed for eight days, Walmart said in the complaint. The lawsuit claims Tesla never provided Walmart with an explanation for the "root cause" of the fires.
"The number of defects, however, is overwhelming and plainly indicative of systemic, widespread failures by Tesla to meet the standard of care, as set forth in the governing contracts, as to the solar systems installed at Walmart's stores," the lawsuit claims.
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I’m guessing they were solar panels for self-sufficiency? Sure would be nice if authors would explain why they are there.
Gotta be bad reporting. What component of a solar panel is flammable?
B-b-but, solar panels are the future of electricity and we won’t need any fossil fuels as long as the firetrucks are electric and THEIR solar panels don’t catch fire on the way to Walmart...
Wiring caught fire due to electrical shorts.
I would think Tesla did not make the panels, but the electronics, i.e. inverters, that caught on fire.
I was thinking of a Tesla PowerWall as a battery bank for my solar installation. Guess back to the drawing board for me.
No... I’m not sure about way back to 2012, but Tesla makes panels.
> > The retailer said fires broke out at seven store rooftops between 2012 and 2018. One location in Ohio had to be closed for eight days <<
Seven “fires” and one store had to be closed eight days? That’s IT?
Then the owners should refrain from wearing electrical shorts. Regular boxers will do.
But Telsa is God. Ford and GM will soon submit.
It just isn't possible that the most brilliant (tax payer subsidized) man that ever lived (don't take my word for it, just ask him) made a faulty product.
Thanks.
Virtue signaling
I want to know what happened to the damaged panels. They can’t be sent to a landfill, since they contain toxic chemicals.
Of course, they will blames the fires on global warming. So global warming causes global warming. That's no fair!!
You know how much money a single wal mart brings in a day?
They have cause
My point isn’t the money. My point is that if the “fires” didn’t interrupt the daily operation of WalMart, they mustn’t’ve been much in the way of “fires.”
My point isn’t the money. My point is that if the “fires” didn’t interrupt the daily operation of WalMart, they mustn’t’ve been much in the way of “fires.” Not to minimize even a small fire, but “up in flames” must be an over-statement; you picture a blaze engulfing the panels.
Where are you reading Tesla apologists? My own comments, questioning whether the article is sensationalizing things a bit, are the closest I see to anyone defending Tesla!
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