<p>A Tesla owner in Finland chose to blow up his car after receiving a quote for around 20,000 Euros (approximately $22,600) to repair it.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I bought that Tesla, the first 1,500km [932 miles] were nice. Then, error codes hit,” Tuomas Katainen said in a video on <a href="https://youtu.be/7_9aVzf5fC4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Man blows up his Tesla with 30kg of dynamite to protest the £17,000 cost of a new battery <a href="https://t.co/9hgggVAiLX">pic.twitter.com/9hgggVAiLX</a></p>
<p>— The Sun (@TheSun) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSun/status/1474386885837406211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
<p>The video claimed Katainen used 30 kilograms (approximately 66 pounds) of dynamite in the epic explosion of his 2013 Tesla Model S. The detonation was filmed in a quarry reportedly in Jaala, Finland.</p>
<p>Katainen claimed he was told the only way to repair the vehicle was to replace the entire battery pack. The car originally sold for a retail price of $57,400.</p>
<p>Tesla vehicles generally include an eight-year warranty, though Katainen&#8217;s apparently had expired. The predicament led to Katainen&#8217;s fiery plan, as <a href="https://gizmodo.com/finnish-man-passes-on-paying-22-600-to-replace-his-tes-1848268874" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gizmodo</a> reported:</p>
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<p class="sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY"><em>To carry out his master plan, Katainen enlisted the help of YouTuber <a class="sc-1out364-0 hMndXN sc-145m8ut-0 kVnoAv js_link" href="https://www.youtube.com/c/Pommij%C3%A4tk%C3%A4t/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-ga="[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https://www.youtube.com/c/Pommij%C3%A4tk%C3%A4t/about&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]">Pommijätkät</a>, which roughly translates to “Bomb Dudes,” according to Google Translate. (Whether that’s an accurate translation or not, it seems appropriate considering Pommijätkät likes to make things explode).</em></p>
<p class="sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY"><em>While blowing up a car with dynamite may sound fun, it’s not an easy task. Katainen and Pommijätkät set up the operation in a quarry at Jaala, a small rural town in Southern Finland. The group had to consider factors like the explosive’s huge pressure wave and the direction the blast would go in order to ensure safety.</em></p>
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<p>The YouTube video has already been viewed more than 4.7 million times.</p>
<p>&#8220;There’s nothing left. Absolutely nothing,&#8221; Kaitain said. &#8220;I never enjoyed this much with the Tesla! And also, maybe I am the first person in the world who has exploded a Tesla. So maybe, made some history.&#8221;</p>
<p>An <a href="https://electrek.co/2021/12/23/tesla-owner-blows-up-model-s-dynamite-battery-replacement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Electrek</a> report by Fred Lambert noted the experience is not common to Tesla drivers.</p>
<p>&#8220;That’s a lot of money, but the good news is that Tesla’s battery packs have been known to last a long time,&#8221; Lambert said.</p>
<p>&#8220;I have a Tesla Model X that had a battery pack last for more than 300,000 miles,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>On average, the 2013 Tesla model battery was estimated to last at least 150,000 miles.</p>
<p>&#8220;For context, these cars come with an eight-year (or up to 150,000 miles) <a href="https://www.tesla.com/support/vehicle-warranty">battery and drive unit warranty</a>, but the warranties on older models are starting to expire, revealing the potential cost behind a full battery replacement,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/26/22853573/tesla-model-s-explosion-repair-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Verge</a> reported.</p>
<p>Despite the Tesla explosion, CEO Elon Musk has been making plenty of other news in 2021. Musk was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021 earlier in December.</p>
<p>“The Person of the Year is Elon Musk. He is reshaping life on Earth and possibly life off Earth as well,” Edward Felsenthal, Time’s Editor-In-Chief, said on the “TODAY” show on December 13.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Elon Musk (<a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@elonmusk</a>) is TIME&#8217;s 2021 Person of the Year <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TIMEPOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TIMEPOY</a> <a href="https://t.co/8Y5BhIldNs">https://t.co/8Y5BhIldNs</a> <a href="https://t.co/B6h6rndjIh">pic.twitter.com/B6h6rndjIh</a></p>
<p>— TIME (@TIME) <a href="https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1470372755384291331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
<p>“In 2021, Musk emerged not just as the world’s richest person but also as perhaps the richest example of a massive shift in our society,” Felsenthal wrote.</p>

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