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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago

Fight fight fight against the right. Rage, rage, rage against the dying of the light.

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 141 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We can do better. Bigger. Rowdier.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

If someone figures out a quick and efficient way to light their batteries on fire, they might be able to bankrupt Tesla in short order. Landlords would kick their showrooms for fear of building fires. People would stop buying due to fear of .. fire. If on top of that a few Tesla parking lots with new cars became unfit for sale ...

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 22 points 22 hours ago

https://youtu.be/ffsNCeSMC2k?t=174

Pneumatic car jack with a spike on the end of it. Slide it under the middle of the car where the batteries are. Apply compressed air from a high pressure nitrogen tank. Release pressure, move on to next car.

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 day ago

They kinda do that on their own already

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

arrows/bolts made primarily out of metal? now that i think about it, americans have a lot of handy tools that are quite a bit better at delivering metal, but loud

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I thought lithium battery fires were caused by thermal runaway. Does piercing a lithium ion battery cause thermal runaway?

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, shorting the cells does that

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 4 points 22 hours ago

Okay that makes sense. I wondered why the person I replied to specified metal.

I guess I had a bad recollection of Tesla adding plating to the bottom of their vehicle because (to my bad recollection), general non-Metallic road debris was piercing the battery compartment

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It'd be a pity if someone were to SSH into the car's admin interface and screw up the battery controller's thermal management software. They're all always online.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Hopefully this is separated from typical software and can't be just changed remotely

Usually the hardware has some low level safety guards, and aren't just done in high level software

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 hours ago

You think Tesla is being responsible

[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not suggesting anything but RC cars with small propane torches mounted facing upwards might be a danger to Teslas. It might take one or two minutes though.

Also, generally, in parking lots only one EV per row has to catch fire.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's an interesting idea. Light it up and then drive it under? Can be done from a distance. The flame isn't too visible so won't be too noticeable while the RC is moving. Once under the car, it would basically be invisible until the battery starts smoking. Yeah from entirely hypothetical engineering standpoint, this could cause an accident.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 10 points 22 hours ago

You don't have to light it first. Just get an rc car with an extra button (like headlights) and solder some leads to create a spark instead

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 23 hours ago

Molotov CockTesla.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 25 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Some performers and signs?

The French are putting everyone else to shame. Although I think a dozen car fires counts as a slow weekend for them.

[–] makyo@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

Violence is never the answer, that being said, we can't allow the French to outdo us

[–] WarlordSdocy@lemmy.world 17 points 18 hours ago

I mean with the recent stuff going on with them trying to deport someone for the pro-palestine protests I'm just reminded of the quote "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."

[–] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 16 points 19 hours ago

Violence isn't the answer, it's the question. And the answer is yes.

[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I don't know what you mean by that. Violence is always an option, and is quite often a solution. It's never the optimal solution, but quite often a perfect solution does not exist. You're competing with violence - violence is the control, and if you can't come up with a solution better than it in time, people will opt for it.

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

Well he could stop being such a dipshit for once

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

You are correct violence is never the answer, it's a question and the answer is yes. Unless you want something from someone long term then it's more profitable overall to make a long term trade agreement backed up by ultra violence, like degloving them and then rolling them around in salt like a meat stick... Mmm meat stick.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 16 hours ago

France outdoing the US in Tesla protests is last week's news. The US is catching up. From the article:

Last week, Tesla charging stations in Boston were set ablaze... Gunshots shattered windows and damaged cars at a Tesla showroom in Oregon...And Colorado authorities arrested a woman accused of tossing Molotov cocktails at Tesla cars parked at a dealership and allegedly spray-painting an expletive at the entrance.

[–] courageousstep@lemm.ee 56 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

“Nazi-like salute…”

Ugh.

[–] witnessbolt@lemm.ee 29 points 23 hours ago

Pretty gross they continue to cover for this Nazi diptard

[–] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 65 points 1 day ago

If Elon's companies start to go bankrupt, everyone will be happy

[–] xenomor@lemmy.world 39 points 23 hours ago

$tsla is down over 14% so far today. Such good work that has practical benefits that goes far beyond just symbolism. Much of Musk’s financial house of cards is banked on the perceived value of his Tesla shares. If those shares lose their value, a lot of lenders, like those who financed his twitter purchase, are going to call those loans. Without the money on paper, his political influence shrinks. Keep up the pressure. I myself had the pleasure of flipping off two cybertrucks yesterday.