@AndyS
I'm actually from the Netherlands and could follow the news around this...
"In this case, a man has, tragically, died in a car crash. That is all we know."
Oh, we know a lot more. It took 5 hours before the fire department finally could start to remove the body. It's also not 100% sure yet if the man actually died during the crash or after because... As it turned out the safety system which should have done a total shut down failed, due to the crash (ironic in my opinion), and because the batteries of the car had caught fire the fire department feared risk of electrocution, therefor couldn't do much. As such it took them 5 hours.
I do agree that you can't blame Tesla here, though the failed failsave sounds peculiar to me. However I do think people might want to re-consider driving electric cars considering the extra hazards it could cause.
If this had been a normal petrol car then the fire department could have acted a whole lot quicker.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
