Richard Hammond crashed a Rimac Concept One, electric car, and it went up in flames.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jeremy-clarkson-apos-genuinely-thought-124451906.html

There are the Lithium-ion batteries in laptops that have burned.
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/what-caused-a-laptop-battery-to-explode-and-start-a/article_7d5fdd10-b365-11e3-9a9d-0017a43b2370.html

Reports of cell phone fires...
http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2016/09/16/cell-phone-battery-catches-fire-aboard-delta-air-lines-flight-to-atlanta.html

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Yes, they do, and I had a 1972 Ford Pinto...I took prismatic letters and wrote "FLAMMABLE" across the back.

Well the general public may not expect an electric car to burn like one powered by gasoline.

R/C air planes with Li-Po batteries have gone up in flames too. From crash damage: the battery gets crushed/shorted out, the heat from the current sets the battery on fire. Also Charging at the wrong settings will cause a fire. These batteries for airplanes have 1-6 cells so charging a 2 cell pack at a 3 cell voltage or higher with start a fire from the heat generated. It is suggested that these batteries be charged out of the plane and in a clay pot. Planes homes and cars have seen fire damage from the Li-Po battteries.

Pontiac GTO ended production in 1974. And in that year Pontiac used the Ventura body shell ( Nova-Omega-Apollo were the sister cars)

"Tesla’s Semi is off to a promising start, despite there being no official pricing information available yet: In addition to a Walmart pilot, Canadian grocery giant Loblaw is purchasing 25 of the heavy duty all-electric transport trucks (via Canadian Press), with a $5,000 deposit for each upfront even though pricing is TBD for the vehicle, which is supposed to start shipping in 2019..."

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/16/16667366/tesla-semi-truck-announced-price-release-date-electric-self-driving

"When Musk launched the Model 3 in July, the company was anticipating a production rate of 20,000 cars a month by the end of December. In the last quarter, though, Tesla produced only 260 Model 3s — about three cars a day."

https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/18/16671478/tesla-semi-truck-roadster-2017-model-3-production

HOW can TESLA, the Electric car company biuld cars when they can't even make batteries?

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" They’ll get there." but when

Please tell me how many X and S cars were produced this year. From the BOTTLENECK at the Gigafactory, I read those production lines output have been reduced to fix the Gigafactory. And then a top engineer from the battery plant has left to start his own venture. Preformance Claims of the new roadster and semi tractor have yet to be proven. Nor a price has been set. And those claims seem to increase with each press release.

What is next from Tesla a flying car?

Looks, to me, like Tesla is taking all the PREORDER money and spending it on prototypes. Losses are mounting, not nearly as bad as Skit-B

For My money I will sit back and wait. For a Car with a 400+ mile range and recharge time under 10 minutes. And some form of dealership network to support these cars. The go buy one off the internet or go to a showroom in a shopping mall with 1 car or a stack brochures in the room. Cars do break or get damaged. So where do you go to get them fixed? On the internet?????

I know you have a Telsa S not sure of the exact model. can you tell me how many cycles are on the battery pack and do you still have full capacity?

what happened to the first two S ? did you have to send them back, trade in trade up?
Or was more like replacing a gen 5 corvette with the gen 6, then the gen 7...getting a new car and more HP each time???

Prototype 3 RT has a 6.2L supercharged V8 motor and sidepipes...batteries not included

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