Two things about these incidents of Teslas catching fire:
1. It’s a tough one to investigate, because of course the motive might be political, but also Teslas just •do that• spontaneously on their own. (I hope nobody who owns one ever ever parks it in an attached garage!)
2. At some point, I have to imagine that the fires (both spontaneous and sabotage) are going to do wild things to the insurance rates for these vehicles. Owners selling at a loss might still end up saving money.
4 Tesla incendiées à Berlin dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi. La police n’exclut pas un «motif politique». Mais qu'est-ce qu'elle va chercher là?
#Tesla #Teslatakedown
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This report provides an overview of the vehicle fire problem with the focus on highway vehicles (cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles and recreational vehicles).
@ch00f Sorry, that’s fire •fatalities• that are so high. Small N, but truly alarming — and it has an obvious cause: unlike other EVs, Teslas are nearly impossible to escape when powered down (unless you’ve learned the arcane manual exit procedure, which, let’s face it, very few people have).
@dekk I think it’s even more than 1 oom? But I may be skipping a groove with hasty web searches….
643 car fire fatalities annually in the US:
https://www.nfpa.
Managed decline at its worst. If the rise of the far right wasn't evidence enough, this just confirms the utter failure of neoliberalism and centrism. Complacency made political doctrine until it all just crumbles around leaders lacking the imagination to do anything but kicking the can down the road for another term.
This week, we shared a post from friend of Team TBP, Amelia Mavis Christnot, on the very present danger of measles in an increasingly vaccine-skeptical U.S. under Trump. Don't miss this fascinating piece! auntiemavis.substack.com/cp/15…
It's like a really bad joke that has overstayed it's welcome Mr Takei ... We are making progress slowly but surely, the 🔑 here is to remind people that there IS a a better way to resolve our problems and we can do them with reason, creativity, and compassion for our fellow countryman and neighbors! Add forgiveness on there too because the ol' US is a big mess right now and new leaders are emerging daily (of course I am one of them!) to problem solve and do it well!
All of that "power" is derived from the willingness of the few rich at the top to persuade the millions of poor at the bottom to sacrifice their lives, health and happiness to go to war and kill other humans for whatever reason is at the top of the list that day. We are a warmongering nation, and have been since the day we became one. Without wars, we'd simply be just another land mass filled with happy people.
Republican billionaires fear an educated populace.
In the Gilded Age, robber barons acted the same way because a poorly fed, poorly housed, impoverished & illiterate working class is easier to manipulate.
Billionaires want a labor force with just enough education to do a job. With AI, they see literacy as a liability, not an investment in the future. theguardian.com/us-news/2018/s…
Why? Because the uneducated are easy to control and manipulate, just look at the average Fox viewer, they believe all their told and they believe it because they're uneducated.
Maybe powerful, but that's it. A state with no universal voting rights, no universal health insurance, being racist especially to black folks, etc., that's not a very developed nation.
Trump finds that trashing the rule of law also trashes the economy. Tanks: $29T economy in 7 weeks. Plunging stock markets have lost ~$4T, Americans’ RT accts: shriveling, his trade war is set to raise prices & #recession alarms are blinking🚨.
No rules -the law is optional -no predictability to his actions. Bus ldrs/consumers: no idea what’s coming -can't plan... wrecking: economy.
'Despite their greater confidence following the election, Republicans posted a sizable 10% decline in their expectations .. For Independents and Democrats, the expectations index declined an even steeper 12 and 24%" (U of Michigan) -C Quintanilla
We got rid of acid rain. Now something scarier is falling from the sky. - vox.com/climate/401600/pfas-mi… "Here’s why you should never, ever drink the rain."
Great article "I’ve never run across a good name for this process, though." - calling it a color mapped image (or explicitly like "Hubble Palette") is the best I've found.
How do you look in a black suit while speaking in hush tones while organ music quietly plays in the dimly lit background? (Back in my youth I met a funeral director at his mortuary, but not on funeral business. This is what I saw.)
GLENDIVE, MT—Finding himself deeply satisfied upon learning that his alpha classmate’s life turned out nearly as shitty as his own, local automotive upholstery repairman Josh Vick, 29, felt deeply validated Thursday upon discovering that Luke Morris,…
‘It’s human conceit to think we’re alone’: life must extend beyond earth, leading space scientist says - theguardian.com/science/2025/m… " It’s imperative we expand our understanding of space and the possibility of life elsewhere, argues Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock"
We would be remiss if we didn’t address the X Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that’s been happening this week. It seems like everyone is is trying to make political hay out …
It is rare that WiFi is better than Wired. But in the case of the Pi 5, it is.Waveshare sent over the HAT I was using for testing in this video (but nothing ...
we have PoE, now we need PoW (power over wifi), pi cluster with no cables, just a bunch of PIs sitting on wireless charger coils and with a wifi antenna. kinda a silly idea tbh, no practical purpose, but just for shits and giggles
Intel's BE200NGW WiFi 7 M.2 Card is an inexpensive gateway into fast up-to-5 Gbps WiFi, using the 360 MHz channel width afforded on the 6 GHz band... I have ordered a card and hope to test it soon!...
🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥 Chapter terbaru dari Lucky Star (Chapter 02) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉 📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya. ✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya! 👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/441188 ⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya! #EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Comedy #SchoolLife #Shounen #SliceOfLife
🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥 Chapter terbaru dari Lucky Star (Chapter 03) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉 📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya. ✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya! 👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/441188 ⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya! #EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Comedy #SchoolLife #Shounen #SliceOfLife
🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥 Chapter terbaru dari Lucky Star (Chapter 04) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉 📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya. ✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya! 👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/441188 ⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya! #EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Comedy #SchoolLife #Shounen #SliceOfLife
Dominica is the "Nature Isle of the Caribbean" with its mountainous rainforests, black sand beaches and the world's second-largest hot spring. Here are the best things to see and do. How did you like Dominica? backpackandsnorkel.com/Dominic…
We tell you how to Discover the Nature Isle of the Caribbean with its mountainous rainforests, black sand beaches and the world's second-largest hot spring. We provide lots of photos so you understand what you will see when you visit Dominica.
The UK's preminent 31 year old #ForestGarden is threatened with destruction by the landlords Dartington Hall Trust.
We need models and sites for the study of sustainable living. Please support the life's work of Martin Crawford by signging the petition and writing to the trustees.
Germany's next PM Merz urgently needed the Greens for his €1 trillion investment/spending plan. They likely achieved that a substantial chunk of it will go to climate action. politico.eu/article/germanys-m…
The rigging of Romania's elections - with a campaign of 25,000 paid TikTok influencers - offers lessons for what is to come in threats against democracy. #globalvoices
Despite being a member of the EU, Romania’s democratic institutions remain vulnerable because of its unresolved past, historical political fragmentation, corruption, and a lack of trust in the system.
From free apps and wearable trackers to smart mattresses and climate-control solutions, rest better with the best sleep tech we've tested. pcmag.com/picks/the-best-sleep…
You can do better than sleeping pills or counting sheep. From free apps and wearable trackers to smart mattresses and climate-control solutions, rest better with the best sleep tech we've tested.
Farmers face steep losses in the middle of Trump's trade war and funding cuts
From funding cuts to tariffs, farmers have found themselves struggling to find markets for their products and facing the risk of steep losses for the year ahead. #AureFreePress #News #press #headline
UK v Apple: The outcomes we need:(a) the TCN is rescinded (b) Apple again offers ADP in the UK (c) a change of law wrt TCNs (d) per the EU/UK DMA, Apple facilitates full interoperability with 3rd party services that allows individuals at set up / beyond, to store their data in encrypted cloud services as easy as iCloud ADP. It is imperative that individuals are presented with this choice when they first set up an iOS, iPadOS, macOS device + post set up. This means as per Art 6(7) DMA (see image)
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Meanwhile at Harvard, nothing special, just invited leaders of genocidal countries joking about sending exploding pagers to dissenting students during their speech on campus.
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There is a new botnet that is infecting TP-Link routers: The botnet can lead to command injection which then makes remote code execution (RCE) possible so that the malware can spread itself across the internet automatically.
Now it's enough. One should never wish for that, but... I wouldn't mind if Elon Musk got a nice/painful version of cancer tomorrow. Pancreatic cancer would be OK.
Every day, a new step to the Terror. Here, in France, the far right look that with envy and pray to have the same treatment. Our gouvernement, which speake double language, applause with a hand and condamne with the over one. The crualty against our people is gradualy walking quite at the same rythme. The difference might be that it start from a long way from 1936 with our Social acquisition, which are in danger . We are very preoccuped by that synergy of Governments abuse.
Much as I personally hate having to call telephone support to get things done, and strongly prefer to use internet services for everything, I would like to make two points:
First, as noted by many others, senior's lack of access and knowledge of such technologies is "legendary." And mobility is often limited. Seen the frequency of "disabled" car tags? And many, for very good reasons, cannot or should not drive.
From experience, I know that there are some #SSA benefits that cannot be accessed online. And making #seniors drive to physical locations is untenable. They are probably cutting the number of offices too!
Jeff Miller (orange hatband)
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •Advanced Persistent Teapot
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •Ch00f
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •Teslas do not self-immolate any more or less than other EVs. Hell, Chevy had to recall every single Bolt to replace their entire battery pack.
And even with that, EV fires are very rare. EVs catching spontaneously is largly a myth propagated by fossil fuel enthusiasts.
Paul Cantrell
in reply to Ch00f • • •@ch00f
And yet, just by the raw numbers, Cybertrucks catch fire at something like 57x the rate of the average vehicle.
Maybe those are all accidents, not spontaneous. Maybe they’re all arson. Maybe maybe maybe. But be careful of coddling fascists with your pedantry.
Ch00f
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •I'm just trying to curb the spread of misinformation.
You can hate on Tesla without making up statistics and parroting the lies spread by fossil fuel companies that hurt EVs in general.
Ch00f
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •And for some math. There are currently 285 million vehicles registered in the US and around 200k vehicle fires every year.
So that's 0.07% of vehicles going up in flames every year.
57x that is almost exactly 4%.
There are around 40,000 cybertrucks on the road. So if it was really 57x, there would have been 1600 cybertruck fires.
I think even with the cases that are suspected arson, the actual count is like maybe 10?
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statista.com/topics/4578/vehic…
finance.yahoo.com/news/cybertr…
Vehicle fires report | NFPA Research
www.nfpa.orgPaul Cantrell
in reply to Ch00f • • •@ch00f
Sorry, that’s fire •fatalities• that are so high. Small N, but truly alarming — and it has an obvious cause: unlike other EVs, Teslas are nearly impossible to escape when powered down (unless you’ve learned the arcane manual exit procedure, which, let’s face it, very few people have).
hachyderm.io/@inthehands/11398…
Paul Cantrell (@inthehands@hachyderm.io)
Hachyderm.ioCh00f
in reply to Paul Cantrell • • •I support that. The back door release mechanism for the massive and heavy Model X doors is hidden behind the speaker grille.
Surprised deaths aren't higher.