A helmet-wearing dummy with the face of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, dubbed 'Elon Mask,' was placed in the car before it was demolished.
his damaged car rather than pay an expensive repair bill had been viewed over 4.4 million times as of Monday.
Tuomas Katainen decided to give his 2013 Model S an explosive sendoff after the electric car company told him that it would cost €20,000, or just under US$23,000, to replace the battery pack out of pocket given that his car had outlasted its 8-year warranty. Model S cars sold for nearly $60,000 in 2013 and used models of the same vintage typically still sell for prices that exceed $30,000., or"Bomb Dudes," helped Katainen blow up his car.
When Katainen was given the pricey estimate and no further guarantees, he told the shop that he would pick up the car and have it blown up instead. Katainen maintained that the opportunity to watch the car explode was preferable to getting it fixed in any case. The explosives team was said to be"excited" about the prospect of destroying a Tesla after being asked to put the plan into action.
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