A resident of Georgia crashed his Tesla in Alabama where local firefighters and police seem to be not very pleased.

ALEA identified the driver as 33-year-old Michael Sherrill, a Georgia resident. Sherrill was arrested and taken to the Autauga County jail. He is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol… Firefighters say due to the thermal runaway of the Tesla’s battery, the fire required over 36,000 gallons of water before it was brought under control in a little over an hour. Pine Level Fire Chief Austin Worcester said a typical car fire can take between 300 to 1,000 gallons to put out. …the chief said it is too expensive for the volunteer fire department.

Blood Alcohol Content = BAC
Water in Tesla Fire = WTF

It took two hose lines, 36,000 gallons of water, three engines, two rescues, one ambulance, four water tankers, one squad, one brush truck, three command vehicles, and a full hour to put out the flame in what the Pine Level Fire Department called “a first for Autauga County.”

Another day, another Tesla catastrophically plowed itself into a wall in Pennsylvania.

A Tesla sedan smashed into a South Philadelphia building [at South 18th and Snyder streets] early Monday, leaving cinderblocks scattered on the ground and the air bags deployed in the car on New Year’s Day.

In related Texas news, police say a driver wasn’t in control of his Tesla when it crashed into a house at 15719 Beechnut Street in Houston.

Tesla crashes into Fort Bend County home, leaving housefront damaged after allegedly losing control

Furthermore, Alabama police say a Tesla destroyed a house.

A Tesla plowed into a Mountain Brook home in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day, leaving catastrophic damage but surprisingly no injuries. The wreck happened at 2:25 a.m. Monday in the 700 block of Euclid Avenue, which is in the Crestline community.

And then there’s Florida, where police claim mechanical issues and driver issues are to blame for another Tesla destroying a building.

…the car smashed into a Winter Park home on New Year’s Day, according to police. No one was injured in the crash, which happened around 5:55 a.m. Monday in the 1600 block of Bryan Avenue near Aloma and Lakemont avenues. […] Winter Park declined an on camera interview with News 6 Tuesday, but they told me over the phone The 20-year-old driver was unfamiliar with the operation of the vehicle and that a mechanical issue occurred which caused the crash, but they wouldn’t specify what that issue was.

If that sounds like a driver is being blamed, that’s what Tesla always says to avoid any conclusion about it delivering a uniquely toxic and flawed product that sells based on fraudulent claims about “driverless” capabilities. No driver is ever safe in a Tesla, nobody around a Tesla is safe, as known engineering failures are the commonality in all these stories.

Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective

It’s a strategic defect rate, an intentional disaster, like selling cigarettes and blaming smokers for cancer. Here’s the most important part.

“We’re freaking out we don’t know what to do, no one prepares you for a Tesla or a car ending up in your house,” Mason Gregory said.

Think about the five people in Toronto who were just sent to the hospital after a 17 year old plowed a Tesla through their home. It’s very unlike other cars.

No one has prepared homeowners for a speeding explosive Tesla ending up in their house? Tragic story after story in the news, including rapidly increasing fatalities, isn’t preparation enough yet?

Sounds like a ban on Tesla is warranted before more innocent people sleeping in their bed are violently attacked.

In light of recent developments, it is imperative that we apprise the military and political leadership of the imminent dangers posed by Tesla’s actions. Reiterating my frequent concerns posted on this blog for the sake of public safety, I again assert that Tesla exhibits characteristics akin to an explosive loitering munition, potentially orchestrated (due to the always connected, remotely controlled robotics) with nefarious support of adversarial nations such as China or Russia.

This ominous entity, analogous to a hostile missile infiltrating residential areas, poses a grave threat to individuals, residences, businesses, and critical infrastructure, rendering affected locales akin to war zones.

It is crucial for those residing in ostensibly peaceful and unassuming cities and towns to recognize the exigency of preparing for a confrontation with what can be perceived as Elon Musk’s ideological inclinations, potentially aligned with white nationalist sentiments.

Addressing the underlying motivations propelling his envisioned robot army to undermine the foundations of the United States demands urgent attention and strategic consideration. Failure to proactively engage with this burgeoning threat could result in severe ramifications for the nation’s security and stability.

The CyberTruck hasn’t lasted a month before getting into a near catastrophic head-on collision (fortunately mostly side-swiped), injuring the driver, according to police.

In other words, a side swipe at moderate speed and the CyberTruck was totally cooked. Stick a fork in it.

Elon Musk of course got this wrong when he cruelly stoked audience laughter with the false statement:

If you’re ever in an argument with another car you will win.

Nope. Small sedan 1, CyberTruck 0.

The other car had a crushed left front fender but the driver didn’t have a scratch, which begs the question why was the Tesla driver hurt? The prevailing theory is that the CyberTruck has a serious safety design flaw, as identified by experts.

Tesla management has replaced engineered crumple zones with an untested theory of using a front underbody casting hoped to “break into small pieces”… meaning this crash showed exactly how energy still is being transferred to what is inside the vehicle, the Tesla-dummy behind the wheel.

The original 1970s design of this truck probably would have been safer. A design so bad that Curtis Brubaker openly mocks himself 40 years later:

Since I was a lot younger, with more time than brains, I apparently said: why not?