From Value Walk:
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has taken to Twitter this morning questioning why the handful of Model S fires which haven’t killed or injured anyone get more headlines than the numerous gas car fires which have happened. His tweet in full:
Why does a Tesla fire w no injury get more media headlines than 100,000 gas car fires that kill 100s of people per year?Tesla’s Musk continues his fight against the media Musk has been repeatedly questioning why the media is so hyper-focused on the three Model S fires which have happened in the last five weeks. No one riding in the Tesla vehicle was injured or killed, and yet thousands of people die in fires which happen in gasoline cars. He makes a very good point here, and this is a point many non-mainstream media outlets have been making since the fires happened.
Tesla’s Musk kicks off a conversation
After Elon Musk’s tweet this morning, a number of Twitter users responded with their ideas of why a fire in one of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA)’s vehicles is such big news. I’ll embed some of the more interesting ones here...MUCH MORE
