If it’s the same guys who designed Tesla’s batteries,,,”blowing up on Twitter” will take on a whole new meaning.
The reality is, internal combustion engine vehicles are much more likely to catch on fire than electric vehicles. Since Tesla is such a popular and controversial automaker, its vehicles catching on fire provide much more shock value than other automakers. How many times have we overlooked airbag recalls that could have led to fatalities by major automakers?
From 2012 to the year 2020, there was close to one vehicle fire for every 19,000,000 miles traveled. From 2012 to the year 2020, there was one Tesla vehicle fire for every 205,000,000 miles traveled. Not only are Tesla battery fires a rare occurrence, but Teslas are actually safer than gas-powered vehicles when it comes to catching fire.
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Software engineers do not design batteries.