This sort of things happens with cars sometimes. It's unfortunate, but Teslas seem to do this less & their design protects the occupants really well.<p>I have a suspiction that he will continue driving a Tesla.
So he was driving it and didn't realize it was on fire? I thought there are several temperature sensors near and around the battery that would set some sort of alarm off in such a case.
My mother in law's car burst into flames 2 years ago. It was a wave in near perfect condition. These things have a baseline rate of happening but when it is Tesla it is front page news.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Diesels are much safer than gasoline engines? Because, Diesels require compression to ignite unlike Gasoline, no? Please correct me if I'm wrong.