Finnish man blows up his Tesla rather than buy exorbitant battery replacement


Rather than pay for an expensive battery replacement, a Finnish man handed his car over to YouTubers Pommijätkät who blew it up with 30kg of dynamite. — Pommijätkät/YouTube screengrab

Ever got an eye-watering repair estimate and wished to just get rid of your car instead?

A Finnish man lived the dream, choosing to blow up his Tesla rather than replace the battery which cost more than a third of the car’s original value.

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