Hmmm... Tesla Updates Software After Recent Battery Fires

Electric vehicles may be less prone to catch fire than gas guzzlers, but recent blazes involving Tesla Inc. and NIO Inc. cars in Greater China are prompting the industry to take steps to alleviate concerns from potential customers in the sector's biggest market.

Worries heightened after reports emerged of a fire involving a Tesla in a Hong Kong parking lot. Weeks earlier, a video on Chinese social media platforms showed a Tesla bursting into flames in a Shanghai garage. Separately, NIO said last month that one of its ES8 vehicles caught fire in the northwestern city of Xi’an while being repaired.

Truthy - 5/16/2019 10:48:43 AM

+1 Boost

Just in the nick of time....oh wait, too late.
If any other manufacturer has their cars spontaneously catch fire there would be an outcry. This is what happens when cars are not thoroughly developed - like the touch screens Tesla uses.

Hauerg - 5/16/2019 11:59:51 AM

+1 Boost

He little clueless one: some 500 cars catch fire in the US.
Every. Single. Day.

So pls keep your nonsense to yourself.
Thanks.

SanJoseDriver - 5/16/2019 9:29:36 PM

+2 Boost

Ask BMW

countguy - 5/16/2019 11:43:17 AM

-2 Boost

Still not buying those pieces of crap.

Truthy - 5/17/2019 7:16:54 PM

0 Boost

Hey Haurag, how many manufacturers use non-auto standard screens in their cars? Just one and they are replace tons of them. Not quickly, mind you. Now they are passing the costs onto the poor souls that bought a Tesla and are now unknowingly part of product development, like that guy who slammed into the back of a semi.

SanJoseDriver - 5/18/2019 9:10:06 PM

+2 Boost

If anything a screen similar to what you would have on a computer where hundreds of millions are built each each should be more reliable (and cheaper to replace) than a custom car screen with a funky 21:9 aspect ratio that is produced in the tens or hundreds of thousands range. The original Model S 17 inch screen is the same tech as a Macbook Pro of that time.