17 Teslas destroyed following blaze at Rome dealership
17 Teslas destroyed following blaze at Rome dealership
The cause of a fire at a Tesla dealer in Rome early on Monday remained under investigations, firefighters told BI.
Summary
A fire at a Tesla dealership in Rome’s Torre Angela district early Monday destroyed 17 cars and damaged the building. No injuries were reported, but investigators are exploring multiple causes, including arson.
The incident follows recent Tesla vandalism in Rome amid rising backlash against Elon Musk’s leadership and cost-cutting at DOGE.
Tesla has faced arson, protests, and boycott calls across the US and Europe.
The company’s stock fell 5% Monday, down 34% this year, with sales dropping sharply in both the US and Europe.
You're viewing a single thread.
Damn teslas are really explody
A charged Li-Ion battery aflame is no joke, as we saw when it was the Galaxy Note 7. It's a major concern for EVs catching fire in tunnels, parking garages, and ferries. They are SUPER HARD to extinguish- legacy techniques don't really work.
Another example: In August of 2012, an explosion and fire occurred in one of the lithium-polymer batteries on the Foss hybrid tug CAMPBELL FOSS. - the reinstallation report
Here's the report of the event itself: https://professionalmariner.com/battery-related-fire-damages-famed-hybrid-tug-puts-it-out-of-service/
Bro new fear unlocked. Burning TSLA on a ferry. Fuck me.
I vaguely recall a story from a year or two about one of those giant ocean-crossing car carriers that had an EV on board catch fire. Something like 500 of the 4000 cars on board were EV’s. I think they ultimately saved about 1000 of those cars after the fire was put out.
Edit: easy find…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Fremantle_Highway
And non of the EV were involved in the fire.
https://www.versinetic.com/news-blog/debunking-ev-fire-myths-after-fremantle-highway-blaze/
The fire’s origin was eventually traced to the eighth deck of the 12-deck ship, far from the electric vehicle storage areas.
Ahhhh, thanks.... i guess. Gruesome details yay.
A charged Li-Ion battery aflame is no joke, as we saw when it was the Galaxy Note 7. It’s a major concern for EVs catching fire in tunnels, parking garages, and ferries. They are SUPER HARD to extinguish- legacy techniques don’t really work.
Thank god, ol' smarty Musky built a tunnel with no safety features for all those Teslas.
During/after the recent LA fires, they spraypainted “NOT EV” on all of the ICE vehicles