According to MBC News in South Korea on October 11, 2024, a Tesla electric vehicle (EV) caught fire on a national highway in Anseong City, Gyeonggi Province, at around 5:40 pm on the 10th, and the driver was killed. According to witnesses and video footage, fire was coming from underneath the vehicle and white smoke was filling the interior. The fire was put out about 10 minutes after firefighters arrived, but a body believed to be that of a man was found in the back seat. After analyzing the camera footage, it was determined that only the driver was in the vehicle involved in the accident. After colliding with the wall, fire broke out from the front of the vehicle. The driver appeared to have tried to escape from the back seat but was unable to get out of the vehicle. Police are investigating the exact cause of the accident, considering the possibility that rain may have caused the vehicle to slip. According to the article, in 2020, a Tesla crashed into a wall and caught fire in a parking lot in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, and the owner, who was in the passenger seat, was unable to get out of the car and died. At the time, the passenger side door was not in a position to be opened by human force. In the United States, there have been a series of accidents in which people have lost their lives after becoming trapped inside Tesla cars due to fires. Recently, in New Jersey, the family of a deceased Korean man filed a lawsuit against Tesla, seeking damages, alleging that the vehicle was defective. Korean internet users responded to this article with comments such as, “When the power goes out, the Tesla doors won’t open,” and “If it’s all electronically controlled, something like that can happen (the doors won’t open). “I should buy a hammer and keep one with me.” “I don’t understand why people would buy a Tesla.” “Is it really that hard to make the doors so that they can be opened manually in an emergency? How many people have to die before this problem is solved?” “So if an EV gets into a collision it just falls apart. Comments include, “I’m too scared to get in,” “Even when I call a taxi, I’m scared because I know an EV might come,” “It’s like paying tens of millions of won to buy your own coffin,” and “It’s a moving coffin.” (Translation and editing: Mae) record korea Sunday, October 13, 2024 13:00 ※Related thread [Chosun Ilbo] Driver’s body found in back seat of Tesla completely burned in accident… Failed to escape/Anseong, Gyeonggi Province [10/12] [Masked Unida★].
>>8 Koreans probably drive recklessly. And because Teslas have good acceleration, the batteries that are spread out underneath are also easily damaged.
A running coffin has appeared lol These guys are really good at coming up with words like this lol Like being hit in the back of the head for being betrayed lol.
>>16 The term “moving coffins” has long been used to describe light vehicles. Also, looking at the inventory here, I don’t think they have any sense for words. It’s funny and amusing to try to belittle them with weird neologisms or to join the top group.
>>20 Now that I think about it, it’s strange. I see a fair number of electric cars (including the Tesla that caught fire this time) on the roads in Japan, but I’ve never heard of an accident where the battery caught fire.
>>34 The reason China and Korea are putting all their effort into electric cars is because they can’t keep up with Japan in internal combustion engine technology, so they’re just betting everything on brand new electric cars.
That’s amazing. Can they just design the doors the same as gasoline cars? I guess they can’t, but they value design over life. I guess people who buy cars like that would rather die than be uncool, so it’s no big deal if they die.
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