Tesla fire...

Tesla fire ... from the owner's perspective.  Tesla has published a letter from the owner of the latest Tesla to make the news because it caught fire.  Here's the end of it:

I am thankful to God that I was totally uninjured in any way from this impact. Had I not been in a Tesla, that object could have punched through the floor and caused me serious harm. From the time of impact of the object until the time the car caught fire was about five minutes. During this time, the car warned me that it was damaged and instructed me to pull over. I never felt as though I was in any imminent danger. While driving after I hit the object until I pulled over, the car performed perfectly, and it was a totally controlled situation. There was never a point at which I was anywhere even close to any flames.

The firemen arrived promptly and applied water to the flames. They were about to pry open the doors, so I pressed my key button and the handles presented and everything worked even though the front of the car was on fire. No flames ever reached the cabin, and nothing inside was damaged. I was even able to get my papers and pens out of the glove compartment.

This experience does not in any way make me think that the Tesla Model S is an unsafe car. I would buy another one in a heartbeat.

Juris Shibayama, MD

You'd never get this side of the story from the news – this isn't nearly as exciting as promoting the idea that Tesla's cars are likely to roast their passengers.  It's just another example proving the point that news organizations aren't about news, they're about attracting eyeballs to advertising – more like entertainment than purveyors of truth or fact...