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Written by John on 2024-12-04 at 17:14

This post asks "why?" we don't "hear" (aka, "care") about fatalities from exploding Teslas. Assuming the quoted numbers are true (which they're probably not) and the focus is less on the lithium batteries and more on the shocking bad emergency door access most Teslas have, why does no one care?

Multiple factors here, including media biases, sure. But also the reaction to covid set a precedent: normal operation of business is more important than people's lives.

https://mastodon.social/@tofugolem/113592091910670489

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Written by John on 2024-12-04 at 17:16

When it was basically mainstream to discuss if it was better to let the old and vulnerable just die rather than restrict people's access to McDonalds or require minor inconvenience from wearing a mask, that set a new floor for what the majority are prepared to accept done to "others". It'll take a lot more than 83 deaths from a car most Americans think is stupid (expensive/impractical/woke/whatever) anyway to generate a reaction much above the apathy level.

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Written by Chip Butty on 2024-12-04 at 19:15

@semanticist I am wondering why there isn't a big lawsuit

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Written by John on 2024-12-04 at 19:59

@otfrom Because Tesla will offer large settlements with NDAs to prevent the idea that their cars will burn your children alive getting any press. The problem really is Tesla-specific too: it’s nothing to do with the battery fires, it’s that the unpowered release for rear doors in some models is actively hidden under floor carpets and shit.

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Written by Chip Butty on 2024-12-04 at 20:22

@semanticist feels like some place the federal govt should have stepped in. I suppose there is the problem of the same person owning NASA's space flight capacity and a lot of comms capacity.

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Written by John on 2024-12-04 at 20:35

@otfrom Worst that would happen is a fine, and you know it would never be sufficient to make them give a fuck.

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Written by Chip Butty on 2024-12-04 at 21:25

@semanticist they could do a recall and demand a redesign

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Written by John on 2024-12-04 at 21:32

@otfrom They could, and they probably should! But unless they do it in the next two months... ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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