• ssillyssadass@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Problem with setting Teslas on fire is we can’t know if it’s an act of protest or if they just did that on their own.

    • parmesan@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      The incident in Kansas City genuinely does sound like one just caught itself on fire.

      In Kansas City, Police Captain Jacob Becchina said in a statement that an officer first observed smoke coming from a Cybertruck parked in a Tesla parking lot. “The officer used his fire extinguisher, however, KCFD was still needed as he could not put the fire out,” Becchina said. “The fire spread to a second Cybertruck parked next to the original burning one. The circumstances are under investigation, but preliminarily, the fire is being investigated for the potential of being an Arson.”

    • melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      I was JUST about to say; how do we know they didn’t just do that? or that this wasn’t a buggy firmware update that just did that? or a malicious firmware update that did this?