Just remember: Tesla vehicles are surveillance machines, and the cops have access to facial recognition software, so I will not be surprised if whoever did this is caught.

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    Probably a faulty battery. Seems to be happening a lot lately. Sounds like Tesla should pull these off the market.

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    The cops’ facial recognition tech: palantir.

    Peter thiel’s most wide spread project. Peter thiel, the man who funded JD Vance. Peter thiel, the man who became a billionaire with (f)Elon at PayPal. Thiel, the man who decides who is invited to and what subjects are discussed at the bilderberg meetings.

    Peter thiel is the most dangerous person nobody talks about.

    Also, balaclavas and ski masks, my friends. And walk differently from your normal walk. Gait detection is also a thing.

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    what do you call 4 cybertrucks on fire?

    • a good start

    • a garbage fire

    • a clustertruck

    • a mystery as to whether they just burst into flames on their own tesla style

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    In positive news… I think the iridescence caused by the flame really makes that back panel look pretty. Overall an improvement on looks.

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        That’s also a really cool example of how much fluid flow is restricted by even small curves. The metal only got that hot on the curves, not where flow is not impeded.

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          Pretty sure the discoloration here is from welding, not the exhaust gasses. If the discoloration stemmed from exhaust heat, the welds would have be discolored as well.

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      Imagine getting to experience the color change up close! It must be a beautiful final moment to watch as your shittily-made Swasticar changes colors while trapping you inside…

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    Back in the early days of Tesla when they still had the only cool car they ever made, the roadster, they were so proud of their near fireproof battery with lots of smaller cells. I never heard about a Roadster fire, and the first few model Ss were the safest cars on the road. I guess Elon’s “fire everyone and save money” strategy took a few years to show through.

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      Remember he came in after they already existed, was just an investor that demanded he be retroactively called a founder. All their tech up to the CyberCuck were iterations on the original, (sans his corner-cutting you mentioned, which was also terrible).

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    The funniest part about Teslas being on fire is that they just have to let them burn to the ground because the battery can’t be put out.

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      Well, you see, that’s because a material doesn’t need to be at melting point to lose its structural integrity.

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    Ok so I am in no way saying you should do this but there’s 360 cams on them so wrap up warm and run away battery fires let off lots of nasty chems so make sure you don’t stand near a burning one for very long.

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    Didn’t Elon Musk do this by releasing a shitty product that keeps exploding left and right? When four explode at the same lot, you know you’ve got a safety issue on your hands.

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    I find that being incinerated has made the one depicted in the article considerably prettier. At least it has both curves and some color now.

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    to the facial recognition; you need a library of past videos/photos to compare it to. You’re driver’s license is not enough on it’s own, and masks and such like, even ‘disruptive’ make up can render it useless.

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      Just a fun fact, the Tesla showrooms aren’t owned by a third party like a dealership, they’re owned by Tesla, so there’s no “screwing over a local business owner” here.