One Statistic Shows Why Everyone Needs To Relax About The Recent Tesla Fires
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Compared to other automakers,
So it's good to keep in mind just how often non-Tesla cars - most of which are filled with gasoline - catch fire.
Try 17 every hour in the United States, between 2006 and 2010. That's more than 150,000 annually, which kill some 209 civilians every year.
Those numbers come from a September 2012 report by the National Fire Protection Agency (NFPA), brought to our attention by Reddit user lapearce.
And while vehicle fires hurt more than 750 people every year, the three Tesla fires caused no injuries. CEO Elon Musk, in a blog post explaining the first Model S fire, also drew on stats from the NFPA, writing:
Americans drive about 3 trillion miles per year according to the Department of
Even when that number triples, the Tesla fires are no real reason for concern.
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