According to foreign media reports, on the evening of January 5, local time, a Tesla Model S caught fire in the Tesla super charging station in Pontarlier in French town.
After receiving the report, the local fire department quickly dispatched firefighters to rush to the place where the incident and successfully extinguished the fire. Firefighters said the fire source seemed to come from a Model S connected to a super charging station.
That night, the firefighters continued to monitor the fire vehicle until the next morning to ensure that the vehicle would not fire twice. Local media reports posted a photo of an accident vehicle, we can see that the Tesla Model S has been completely burned. Tesla is currently investigating the incident, and the charging station has been temporarily closed.
Local media said Tesla has dispatched a technician from Lyon to investigate the problem, and the investigation is still underway. “The fire department believed that the battery pack caused a fire, but the specific cause of the accident is still under investigation.
Last week, there were also reports that a Tesla Cybertruck had a fire in the Terram parking lot. The incident occurred in the early morning of December 31st at the Tesla store in the church street of Decatur, George. The fire was quickly extinguished, but before that, the fire had burned the vehicle’s interior, lathe and tires.
On January 1st, there was another Tesla Cybertruck in front of Las Vegas Trump Hotel Building, causing one person to die and many people injured. It is reported that the US government is investigating the incident.
Electric vehicle batteries may sometimes get angry, but from the statistical data, the fire rate is not higher than that of fossil fuel -driven cars.
Similar to the fire of fossil fuel cars, most electric vehicles also occurred after a major collision. However, the vehicle may also spontaneously ignite without external factors. In this case, it is particularly important to investigate and track the cause of fire, because it needs to improve the safety of electric vehicles. For example, this happened in the battery recall of Chevrolet Bolt EV.