If you have read my previous post, you may have more interest on electric vehicle. However, there was a bad news about Tesla. One of Tesla vehicle got into an accident and it caught on fire. Firefighters claimed that because of the design of the battery, it takes awhile to extinguish the fire. This accident not even makes the stock of Tesla drop a lots, it also question, the safety of electric vehicle, since Tesla is supposed to be the safest vehicle in the world.
The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk claimed that the fire was not caused by the design of the battery, the vehicle was on fire because a metal object impaled the battery. He believed it was just an abnormal accident which would happen eventually since car accidents happen all the times. He still strongly trusts the technology of battery technology.
Here is the link about Elon Musk’s reaction to the fire: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-tesla-model-s-fire-is-no-problem-2013-10
Although there was an accident about the electric vehicle, I still want to own a Tesla. I believe any kind of vehicle would have the chance to get into accidents since car accidents happen daily. If this is true, then I believe we should not focus on one abnormal accident of electric vehicle. We should focus on the advantages of an electric vehicle: it is environment friendly and it saves a lot of gas. If everyone owned an electric vehicle, we can provide a better environment for our next generation and we can save so much natural resources. And we can save a lot of money on gas! I love travel around on weekends and I spend lots of money on gas since the gas prices were pretty high. Therefore, I wish I can own a Tesla, so that I can save more money and travel to more different places.
Since I always talk about the advantages of electric vehicle, people may wonder the disadvantages of it.Therefore, I am going to talk about the disadvantages of electric vehicle in next post and the solutions to solve them. If you are interested on electric vehicle, please keep follow my post in order to have more knowledge on electric vehicle.