Great video got me thinking about how true that might be about Tesla. I think that the media is overheating the situation with Tesla burning cars. According to this article "About 17 cars catch fire every hour in the United States.", that makes 150,000 per year only in the States. If 3 Teslas caught on fire this past 7 weeks, that still means them safer then regular cars. I am not protecting Tesla, I am just sharing this article because you have got me thinking about statistics.
Americans drive about 3 trillion miles per year according to the Department of Transportation. That equates to 1 vehicle fire for every 20 million miles driven, compared to 1 fire in over 100 million miles for Tesla.
So that makes them 5 times safer then other cars.
It is like the fact that airplane statistically is the safest way to travel. Nevertheless, it is very scary when they show planes falling and many people dying. Car crashes are not as scary but they happen much more often and much more people die per year.