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> And Tesla has basically already solved the fire problem

Have they? So why did a Tesla Model S Plaid (a new car) catch fire while being driven just a few months ago?

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2021/7/2/22560662/tesl...



There are 1.5 million Tesla cars out there on the road. Most of them, nearly all of them really, are not on fire.


I understand that. But if I tell someone at work that I "solved the XYZ problem", I mean that XYZ doesn't happen any more.

If there's a claim that Tesla has "solved the fire problem", I would hope there's a good explanation for why fires still happen with the newest model delivered 3 months ago.




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