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If someone figures out a quick and efficient way to light their batteries on fire, they might be able to bankrupt Tesla in short order. Landlords would kick their showrooms for fear of building fires. People would stop buying due to fear of .. fire. If on top of that a few Tesla parking lots with new cars became unfit for sale ...
They kinda do that on their own already
https://youtu.be/ffsNCeSMC2k?t=174
Pneumatic car jack with a spike on the end of it. Slide it under the middle of the car where the batteries are. Apply compressed air from a high pressure nitrogen tank. Release pressure, move on to next car.
arrows/bolts made primarily out of metal? now that i think about it, americans have a lot of handy tools that are quite a bit better at delivering metal, but loud
I thought lithium battery fires were caused by thermal runaway. Does piercing a lithium ion battery cause thermal runaway?
Yeah, shorting the cells does that
Okay that makes sense. I wondered why the person I replied to specified metal.
I guess I had a bad recollection of Tesla adding plating to the bottom of their vehicle because (to my bad recollection), general non-Metallic road debris was piercing the battery compartment
I'm not suggesting anything but RC cars with small propane torches mounted facing upwards might be a danger to Teslas. It might take one or two minutes though.
Also, generally, in parking lots only one EV per row has to catch fire.
That's an interesting idea. Light it up and then drive it under? Can be done from a distance. The flame isn't too visible so won't be too noticeable while the RC is moving. Once under the car, it would basically be invisible until the battery starts smoking. Yeah from entirely hypothetical engineering standpoint, this could cause an accident.
You don't have to light it first. Just get an rc car with an extra button (like headlights) and solder some leads to create a spark instead
If Elon's companies start to go bankrupt, everyone will be happy
“Nazi-like salute…”
Ugh.
Pretty gross they continue to cover for this Nazi diptard
$tsla is down over 14% so far today. Such good work that has practical benefits that goes far beyond just symbolism. Much of Musk’s financial house of cards is banked on the perceived value of his Tesla shares. If those shares lose their value, a lot of lenders, like those who financed his twitter purchase, are going to call those loans. Without the money on paper, his political influence shrinks. Keep up the pressure. I myself had the pleasure of flipping off two cybertrucks yesterday.
Some performers and signs?
The French are putting everyone else to shame. Although I think a dozen car fires counts as a slow weekend for them.
Violence is never the answer, that being said, we can't allow the French to outdo us
I mean with the recent stuff going on with them trying to deport someone for the pro-palestine protests I'm just reminded of the quote "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
Violence isn't the answer, it's the question. And the answer is yes.
I don't know what you mean by that. Violence is always an option, and is quite often a solution. It's never the optimal solution, but quite often a perfect solution does not exist. You're competing with violence - violence is the control, and if you can't come up with a solution better than it in time, people will opt for it.
You are correct violence is never the answer, it's a question and the answer is yes. Unless you want something from someone long term then it's more profitable overall to make a long term trade agreement backed up by ultra violence, like degloving them and then rolling them around in salt like a meat stick... Mmm meat stick.
Well he could stop being such a dipshit for once
France outdoing the US in Tesla protests is last week's news. The US is catching up. From the article:
Last week, Tesla charging stations in Boston were set ablaze... Gunshots shattered windows and damaged cars at a Tesla showroom in Oregon...And Colorado authorities arrested a woman accused of tossing Molotov cocktails at Tesla cars parked at a dealership and allegedly spray-painting an expletive at the entrance.
Fight fight fight against the right. Rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light.
I wouldn't get the least bit violent if I were these folks. That's what fElon and little d want - an excuse.
Instead, don't buy any of their fucking products. And get the fuck off of xitter. Use Nitter alts so traffic drops like a rock.