EVs - especially Teslas - are DIFFERENT. That means they're immediately newsworthy (and also immediately suspect).
ICEV fires are an everyday thing. So what? But an EV fire - that you don't see every day. Must be news! In my experience, news people also tend to be cynical. In their view, NOTHING can possibly be that good. They think compelling news stories come from finding the cracks in the facade. And if they can't find any cracks, they'll gleefully make some. At that level, damn near anything becomes newsworthy. The drunken ex-teen- idol dirty-dancing, the Tesla driver picking his nose. Send out the cameras! Walter Cronkite is dead. So is journalism, with (thank goodness) a few notable exceptions. So while I can't entirely discount sinister motives, I suspect that most of this breathless coverage of non-events is just news people being news people. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
