Toulouse (France) (AFP) – A dozen Teslas were torched in France in what authorities are treating as an arson attack, the prosecutor's office said Monday.

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[–] 29 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

C'mon, please don't generate revenue for Tesla - not even from insurance policies. It makes more sense for the cars to just stand around and rust despite the stainless steel. Nobody wants to buy from that goddamn Nazi anyway.

But hey, maybe Musk had the cars set on fire himself - that would be a rather harmless insurance scam compared to his other activities...

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  • [–] 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If it continues, insurance companies will not insure Teslas. Already happened to certain Audi and Porsche models that had subpar plating underneath. Spontaneous combustion would easily do that to Teslas.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Also happened to Range Rovers once people realised they were insanely easy to steal.

    It got so bad that people that owned them on finance could no longer get insurance. This made a tonne of them hit the second hand market making them cheaper. Meaning people with finance couldn’t even sell the car for the money they owed on the finance.

    Range Rover started offering their own insurance and I did a quote for fun and they just said nah fam.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    That's funny 😅 The Germans failed the obvious "Don't let a bump ruin your 15k battery pack" by making the cars longer and lower to look sportier than the competition. It worked until insurance companies realized they owe 15k€ for each person driving to a bump or pot hole at normal speeds.

    And then those cars stopped selling 💁

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Two people on my block have bought Teslas since the inauguration :( I'm in NYC

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