With Burning Teslas In the News Ford Recalls Almost 140,000 Escapes

An anonymous reader writes "Tesla received a lot of attention over the Model S fires recently, but they're not the only car company having issues with spontaneous combustion. Ford has issued a recall on almost 140,000 Ford Escapes for potential engine fires. With little media attention on the recall, Musk might have a point about the unfair treatment Tesla gets in the news."

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Re:The peril of new technology

[BitZtream]

The article is about a Ford Escape being recalled for engine fires ... which statistically ... is has done FAR lower than Tesla.

12 in about 150k for ford - 0.008%
VERSUS
3 in about 20k for Tesla - 0.015%

The Ford fire rate is HALF that of Tesla.

And Ford is actually addressing the issue. Musk is denying the issue exists.

Don't let facts get in the way or anything. The media and populace aren't fanboys. The numbers show Tesla in a pretty shitty light compared to the competition. So while Musk can run around being an arrogant prick talking about how their cars are so safe, statistics paint the opposite picture. This isn't a pinto issue. This isn't the media or big-auto making him look bad.

This is Musk making himself look bad and losing credibility.

His cars are catching fire twice as fast as a competitors car. The competitor is fixing the problem. Musk is refusing to acknowledge the problem, certainly isn't fixing it, and worse continually lying about how this isn't a big deal compared to other cars when in fact its twice as bad as other cars.

Why do you trust anything that comes out of his mouth? He's just as biased and selfish as any other CEO.