Tesla Model S Bursts Into Flames After "Horrific" Crash, Killing Two Men Trapped Inside

[Frank Cannon]

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-09/tesla-model-s-bursts-flames-after-horrific-crash-killing-two-men-trapped-inside

Less than two months after a Tesla Model X burst into flames in Mountain View, CA after a gruesome crash attributed to an autopilot error trapped the driver in the burning car resulting in his death, Tesla tragedy has struck again after two 18-year-old men died, trapped in a fiery Model S crash near Fort Lauderdale beach Tuesday evening, the SunSentinel reported.

As WPLG reports, in the "horrific crash" of the Tesla Model S with three young people hit a wall and then caught on fire, while a third teen was ejected from the car.

According to Battalion Chief Greg May, of Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, the Tesla Model S burst into flames after it wrecked about 7:30 p.m. and the two men who died were trapped inside.

A third man, also 18, who was in the backseat of the Tesla Model S, was thrown from the car when it crashed in the 1300 block of Seabreeze Boulevard, said Tracy Figone, a spokeswoman for the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. He was hospitalized. His condition was not known.

[Frank Cannon]

Tesla has some serious problems on it's hands. I'll be shocked if they make it through the year.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Rich parents buying $75000 sportscars so their teenagers can drive wildly around.

I blame the parents. 

[Frank Cannon]

Rich parents buying $75000 sportscars so their teenagers can drive wildly around.

I blame the parents.

LOL. Really? See any wrecked Lexus's or Benz's exploding?

[240B]

Reminds me of the famous Ford Pinto in the 70s.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgOxWPGsJNY

[RoosGirl]

Letting an 18 year old boy drive a $100k car?  Man that's dumb.  Kid should been driving an old Ford truck; safer and he can learn some mechanic skills.

[Restored]

Reminds me of the famous Ford Pinto in the 70s.

A classmate got a new Pinto for her 17th birthday. My dad asked her dad, a local OB/GYN, why he picked a Pinto. The doc said he knew they would give him a good deal after the "exploding Pintos" story came out.

[GtHawk]

Letting an 18 year old boy drive a $100k car?  Man that's dumb.  Kid should been driving an old Ford truck; safer and he can learn some mechanic skills.

LOL, depends on how old that Ford truck is! Ford has it's own problems with trucks and cars spontaneously combusting.

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/08/ford_massive_recall.html

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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ford-recalls-570000-vehicles-for-engine-fire-risk-door-latch-trouble/article34471584/

[Smokin Joe]

So the guy who was ejected, (likely no seat belt on) lived....  Hmmmmm.

[Frank Cannon]

A classmate got a new Pinto for her 17th birthday. My dad asked her dad, a local OB/GYN, why he picked a Pinto. The doc said he knew they would give him a good deal after the "exploding Pintos" story came out.

LOL. Cheap bastard.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Brother Elon five days earlier:

"Oh and uh short burn of the century comin soon. Flamethrowers should arrive just in time."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-04/musk-meltdown-continues-twitter-elon-accuses-analysts-pushing-short-thesis

[jmyrlefuller]

One would think that with no fuel system or combustion engine, the risk of a car fire wouldn't be nearly as high.

[catfish1957]

Rich parents buying $75000 sportscars so their teenagers can drive wildly around.

I blame the parents.

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[thackney]

One would think that with no fuel system or combustion engine, the risk of a car fire wouldn't be nearly as high.

It still is stored chemical energy.  Fire is "just" oxidation of the material.  Li-ion battery are very concentrated chemical energy.  They burn intensely.

[Smokin Joe]

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Years ago, I bought my daughter one that color. She liked it, even though changing out the starter was a pain, but she drove it for years (and her mom and I knew where she was...it was the only one in town).

[240B]

A classmate got a new Pinto for her 17th birthday. My dad asked her dad, a local OB/GYN, why he picked a Pinto. The doc said he knew they would give him a good deal after the "exploding Pintos" story came out.

World's Greatest Dad for sure. Either he didn't believe the stories, or he wanted to get rid of his daughter. That is like buying a box of hand grenades for $1 each because they tend to explode prematurely.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

LOL. Really? See any wrecked Lexus's or Benz's exploding?

Toyota certainly does.

Toyota recalls 21,700 Camry, Lexus models on fire risk
http://www.autonews.com/article/20180215/RETAIL07/180219824/toyota-recall-camry-lexus-fire-risk-nhtsa

[Smokin Joe]

World's Greatest Dad for sure. Either he didn't believe the stories, or he wanted to get rid of his daughter. That is like buying a box of hand grenades for $1 each because they tend to explode prematurely.

It was only a couple of years that had the problem, and I'm not so sure it wasn't overblown like the GMC side tanks on pickups (Which the TV folks were caught rigging to burn.)

[ABX]

One thing I've always worried about is so much is automated in Tesla's through the infotainment system- far more than most other cars. To open the front boot without the keyfob requires going several menus deep. To open it with the power off requires removing a plastic panel and using a special tool.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Looks like they've made a targetting optimization to the self-destruct software.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-05-13/tesla-model-s-autopilot-slams-fire-truck-60mph-another-key-exec-departs