Fire Concerns Prompt Tesla to Add Deflector Plates

Tesla electric cars are empirically safe, but now company founder and CEO Elon Musk hopes a new Titanium under-body shield and deflector plates will offer Tesla owners "complete peace of mind."

When a handful of Tesla Model S electric automobiles went up in flames late last year, the company faced — and invited — some intense scrutiny. The stock price took a dip before fully recovering this year, and Musk repeatedly defended the car and company against what he called "an onslaught of popular and financial media seeking to make a sensation out of something that a simple Google search would reveal to be false." Read more...