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> we don't ever see Prius' catching fire.

I mean, definitely not in the news as much as Tesla...

2018 https://money.cnn.com/2018/09/05/news/companies/toyota-prius...

2019 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/toyota-prius-catches-fir...



The headline of the first article is "Toyota is recalling 1 million hybrids at risk of catching fire", did Tesla ever do any similar recall, because of potential fire risks?


You don't get a car recalled if customers don't report issues.

Customers don't report issues if you force them to sign NDAs to get their cars fixed under warranty.


That wasn't a battery issue though, it was a wiring harness issue. That's a relatively common problem even in gas cars. Cars have a lot of wiring.


Nothing to do with batteries or chemistry, it is some insulation on the wiring harness that can wear away.




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