> Not only is this the first time we've ever had a long-term car suffer a catastrophic failure while parked
Any other car "being parked and then later failing to start" is not newsworthy. It was interesting in this case because it was detected and the owner notified via push notification that it occurred.
Obviously it shouldn't have happened, especially since it's a newer car. But it's the push notification that made it newsworthy. "My car wouldn't start and had to be towed to a dealer to get fixed for an incredibly rare issue that happened to me" could be written for any car, and nobody would care.
Unless you're describing something else, that issue is limited to older Teslas:
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/flash-memory-wear-killing-...
> Not only is this the first time we've ever had a long-term car suffer a catastrophic failure while parked
Any other car "being parked and then later failing to start" is not newsworthy. It was interesting in this case because it was detected and the owner notified via push notification that it occurred.
Obviously it shouldn't have happened, especially since it's a newer car. But it's the push notification that made it newsworthy. "My car wouldn't start and had to be towed to a dealer to get fixed for an incredibly rare issue that happened to me" could be written for any car, and nobody would care.