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4 Cybertrucks on Fire in a Seattle Holding Lot… Investigators Uncertain if Fires Caused by Arson or Spontaneous Battery Fire (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Updated with video from reporters on-site at the bottom of the post! Late Sunday night, four Tesla Cybertrucks caught fire in a Seattle holding lot near 2nd Ave S & S Spokane St, just five minutes from the local Tesla dealership. Initially, reports indicated two burning Cybertrucks, but as the fire spread, the number grew to 4 Cybertrucks. Investigators have offered no details as to whether this was arson or another case of a Tesla Cybertruck bursting into flames spontaneously. See video from the scene in the full article.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 89 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Definitely for sure a spontaneous battery fire. Couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to commit arson on some low-poly neofash shitboxes. No sir.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago

At this point? Insurance money

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 38 points 1 day ago

And if anyone saw any evidence to the contrary... No we didn't.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

But wait.....what if......and hear me out here.....what if they caught fire as a result of people rebelling against a facist takeover of our government?

What if......

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Far more likely that they set on fire because they are poorly designed an Musky boy is dismantling any and all safety regulations for his death traps.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Man I hate Tesla more than most but it is far far less likely to just have spontaneous battery fires, especially on an older brand like Tesla. I know we all love to hate on them (cyber truck in particular), but seriously spontaneous battery fires are insanely uncommon.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 3 points 19 hours ago

Spontaneous battery fires are insanely uncommon when you're using well made, well tested, reliable battery technology with good safety protections. Tesla is batting 0 for 4 there. Miss any of those four and your chances of fire increase exponentially. Miss ALL four and it's basically guaranteed.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 13 points 1 day ago

There are about 35,000 or so Cybertrucks that exist.

The last one that spontaneously burst into flames on a dealer lot was about 60 days ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RealTesla/comments/1hs7d52/a_tesla_cybertruck_burned_down_at_tesla_lot_in/

I wouldn't call that insanely uncommon, I don't think. There might be something about this model that makes it more prone to fires than your average Tesla.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 9 points 1 day ago

America? Becoming fascist? That seems super, super impossible. Our current president, who dresses like an orange, and is a convicted felon and sexual molester, would never allow something so heinous. He works so hard for us. Did you see the great job he did raising the price of eggs? If that's not love, I don't know what is.