Tesla owner blows up his car instead of paying RM100k for a battery replacement

This is a story about how a Finnish Tesla owner blew up his Model S with 30kg of dynamite. Long story short, he didn’t want to pay for the car battery replacement so he blew the car up instead.

To achieve this great feat, ex-Tesla owner Tuomas Katainen enlisted the help of the ‘Pommijätkät’ YouTube channel, known to make some pretty explosive content. They made a video together documenting the event and the video exploded (pun intended), garnering more than three million views in just a week. You can watch the full video here, but it is in Finnish so you might need to turn on the captions.

Katainen said that his 2013 Model S was running fine for the first 1,500km until he started getting error codes. After promptly sending it over to the Tesla repair shop, they kept it there for a month and proceeded to say there was nothing they could do except replace the entire battery unit. This replacement would’ve cost him upwards of EUR 20,000 (~RM95,000), so he decided to deal with it himself.

So how much is EUR 20,000 anyway? You can buy a Tesla Model S in Finland for less than EUR 40,000 (~RM 190,000), so that might put Katainen insanity into perspective.

Since Pommijätkät (literally translated to ‘Bomb Dudes’) are professionals, the explosion was done in a safe manner. It was quite impressive from an engineering standpoint, having to take into account the pressure waves from the blast and how much dynamite you would need. Of course, we here at SoyaCincau do not recommend trying this at home.

My favourite part of this story is when they dropped a mannequin from a helicopter and it turned out to have Elon Musk‘s face on it. Naturally, they proceeded to put the Elon mannequin in the car before it exploded.

After the fun was over, Katainen said the joy of driving a Tesla could not compare to the joy of blowing one up.

According to Electrek, a Tesla battery replacement in the US costs USD 22,500 (~RM 94,396) at a Tesla service centre, which is about the same as it is in Finland. However, an independent garage could provide a working battery replacement for just USD 5,000 (~RM 20,977), which makes you wonder if Tesla is overcharging or not.

Tesla does have a warranty that covers battery issues, but it’s only valid if the capacity drops below 70% within 150,000 miles (241401.6km) or eight years of purchase.

If you still want a Tesla, you can actually purchase one tax-free through PEKEMA, starting at RM289k. You get the eight-year warranty too, so won’t need to blow up your car if the battery malfunctions quickly.

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