Elon Musk defiant in face of federal investigation of Tesla [video]

Re:Elon Musk defiant in face of federal investigation of Tes... by adamrneary on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @05:18PM (#6771613)

It's not reasonable to say that the Model S has a 25x increased change of catching fire. The sample size is orders of magnitude too small (there were 3 instances so far?).

Put simply, there is no statistically significant difference whatsoever between the Model S and the broader population in terms of fires post-collision, and Musk is understandably frustrated about the bogus press claiming there is.

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Re:Elon Musk defiant in face of federal investigation of Tes... by sp332 on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @05:44PM (#6771766)

Engineering lets you model things without having to do experiments. It's possible to know that a car design is more likely to catch fire just by analyzing it. You don't have to wait for thousands of cars to catch fire.

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Re:Elon Musk defiant in face of federal investigation of Tes... by shiven on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @10:31PM (#6772895)

And are you saying then that Tesla has not done the Engineering?

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Re:Elon Musk defiant in face of federal investigation of Tes... by sp332 on Wednesday November 20, 2013 @10:53PM (#6772967)

I'm sure they have. But as codex said, Musk is simply not answering the question.

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