time to buy Tesla ASAP.  News story was "Another Tesla bursts into flame OMGOHNOES!!!"


stock falls.



now the PR people will be spinning the "my tesla saved me from road debris and gamely soldiered on as long as possible until finally instructing me to exit the car and dying".


stock will go up due to the honorable and game way this car died.  Hipsters will not get the irony of a car that self destructs upon hitting common road garbage.

The check engine light comes on when you gas cap is loose, and most people don't take that to mean "EMERGENCY! PULL OVER NOW"., it is usually disregarded as minor and driven home. When your car tells you to pull over and it's shutting down, that adds a sense of urgency.

Fender bender ?
Really ?

NTSB totalled a Volt and parked it.
2 weeks later it caught fire because the NTSB neglected to follow procedure and disconnect the batteries after the wreck.
Mr Tesla driver did not have the benefit of waiting 2 weeks to decide whether or not he should stick around to watch his car burn.

You want to risk taking a vehicle that has suffered a heavy collision and park it in your garage without taking the safety measures to ensure it will not burn your house down then fill your boots.

I wouldn't do that with a 1975 Toyota Corolla.