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codex on Nov 19, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Mission of Tesla

That the rate of "fires from a collision" in a Tesla is 25x that of the average US car. The OTA update reduces the number of undercarriage collisions and thus the number of fires.

alex_c on Nov 19, 2013 [–]

OK, I tried to do a bit of digging but all I can find are vague allegations and handwaving everywhere. Where does the 25x number come from?

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