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How many teslas started on fire? How many of them were not modified by their owners? How many have they sold in total?

codeulike 11y ago
Exactly. Over 67,000 Tesla Model S's have been delivered since 2012. Over a billion miles have been driven in them. I've heard of 3 or 4 fires. (source for delivery stats: http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/tesla-delivers-10030-vehicles-q1-2015 http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/tesla-delivers-10030-... source for billion miles http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/23/tesla-model-s-owners-drive-1-billion-miles/ http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/23/tesla-model-s-owners-driv... )
ceejayoz 11y ago
Also relevant: how many gasoline-powered cars catch fire every day (lots), and how many Tesla fires injured their occupants (zero)?
- rimantas 11y ago
  Lots? Only in movies.
  - shiftpgdn 11y ago
    I live in a major city and we have freeway closures due to vehicle fires on a near daily basis. Most recently a truck full of bread caught on fire and resulted in one of the cities most major arteries being closed both ways for 4+ hours.
  - Anchor 11y ago
    "more than 150,000 annually, which kill some 209 civilians every year" http://www.businessinsider.com/17-cars-catch-on-fire-every-hour-in-the-us-2013-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/17-cars-catch-on-fire-every-h...
  - celticninja 11y ago
    No it happens, so friends car was overheating, opened up the bonnet to see flames, car was engulfed within 7 minutes of stopping the car.
    - vhost- 11y ago
      Yep, the wire harness in two different cars of mine have caught fire over the years.
  - dsp1234 11y ago
    "On average, 31 highway vehicle fires were reported per hour." It's not news because it's so frequent. http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-fires/vehicle-fire-trends-and-patterns http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-...
  - andyl 11y ago
    Over a 10 year period 2003->2013: 2,395,000 car fires causing 4,050 deaths and 13,215 injuries roughly: 656 fires and one death every day http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-fires/highway-vehicle-fires http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-...
    - arrrg 11y ago
      This data is valuable but also slightly I'll-fitted for this purpose. How many relatively recently sold modern gasoline vehicles in a similar category to the Tesla catch on fire? That's the proper number for the comparison.
      - deleted 11y ago
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Exactly. Over 67,000 Tesla Model S's have been delivered since 2012. Over a billion miles have been driven in them. I've heard of 3 or 4 fires. (source for delivery stats: http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/tesla-delivers-10030-vehicles-q1-2015 http://my.teslamotors.com/forum/forums/tesla-delivers-10030-... source for billion miles http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/23/tesla-model-s-owners-drive-1-billion-miles/ http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/23/tesla-model-s-owners-driv... )

ceejayoz 11y ago

Also relevant: how many gasoline-powered cars catch fire every day (lots), and how many Tesla fires injured their occupants (zero)?

rimantas 11y ago
Lots? Only in movies.
- shiftpgdn 11y ago
  I live in a major city and we have freeway closures due to vehicle fires on a near daily basis. Most recently a truck full of bread caught on fire and resulted in one of the cities most major arteries being closed both ways for 4+ hours.
- Anchor 11y ago
  "more than 150,000 annually, which kill some 209 civilians every year" http://www.businessinsider.com/17-cars-catch-on-fire-every-hour-in-the-us-2013-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/17-cars-catch-on-fire-every-h...
- celticninja 11y ago
  No it happens, so friends car was overheating, opened up the bonnet to see flames, car was engulfed within 7 minutes of stopping the car.
  - vhost- 11y ago
    Yep, the wire harness in two different cars of mine have caught fire over the years.
- dsp1234 11y ago
  "On average, 31 highway vehicle fires were reported per hour." It's not news because it's so frequent. http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-fires/vehicle-fire-trends-and-patterns http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-...
- andyl 11y ago
  Over a 10 year period 2003->2013: 2,395,000 car fires causing 4,050 deaths and 13,215 injuries roughly: 656 fires and one death every day http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-fires/highway-vehicle-fires http://www.nfpa.org/research/reports-and-statistics/vehicle-...
  - arrrg 11y ago
    This data is valuable but also slightly I'll-fitted for this purpose. How many relatively recently sold modern gasoline vehicles in a similar category to the Tesla catch on fire? That's the proper number for the comparison.
    - deleted 11y ago
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