Man In Tesla Model S Fire Explains What Happened

An anonymous reader writes "The three recent Tesla fires have raised concerns with a lot of people. One person who isn't concerned, however, is Juris Shibayama, the man whose model S burned in Tennessee. He says: 'I would buy another one in a heartbeat.' From the article: 'Shibayama said that he struck a three-pronged trailer hitch in the middle lane of the interstate. He continued: "About 30-45 seconds later, there was a warning on the dashboard display saying, 'Car needs service. Car may not restart.' I continued to drive, hoping to get home. About one minute later, the message on the dashboard display read, 'Please pull over safely. Car is shutting down.'" He said he had time to remove his possessions, even though, he said: "About 5-10 seconds after getting out of the car, smoke started to come from the front underbody of the car."'"

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I want a burning Tesla!

[mwvdlee]

Apparently, having a Tesla go up in flames magically makes you love Tesla cars.
There have been a number of these spontaneous combustions and every time the owner is in the news a few days later talking about how great the car is.
I guess the charcoal of a burned out Tesla must somehow make you very rich.