The post I had Saturday, about Tesla Motors and doors that won't open, sent me looking for other info. It didn't take long to find some.
Strange, but I guess problems with electric cars are not of national interest, because I don't remember seeing any of these stories. Several Tesla Fires in a Few Days Bring Back Concerns About EV Safety - autoevolution
May 14th. A Tesla caught fire while parked in front of a home (a relative of the car's owner). No crash. Not charging. Just parked.
Ruiz told the source that his car was insured by Tesla, but that he could not contact anyone until May 16. When the company sent him a Tesla Road Assistance vehicle to collect his burned EV, the representative said he could not transport it because the ashes would go everywhere on the freeway. The Tesla customer will only get a new car in October and is now using a rental.
May 20th. Vancouver. A guy was driving when his eight-month Tesla shut down. The electronic locks stop working. He kicked out the windows when smoke started coming out of the vents.
Although the car has a manual release, the Model Y owner said it is not “entirely intuitive” and that he just wanted to escape the car. Now that his car is a write-off, he has to look for a replacement, but decided not to buy another Tesla.
May 22nd. Coral Gables, Florida at the Tesla Motors service center. A video was posted to F*c*book showing a Model S in flames.
May 23rd. Brooklyn, Illinois. Tesla catches fire on Route 3 in Brooklyn, Illinois. The two people in the car were able to get out.
The woman told police the man had bought the car within the past week.
Both of the linked articles above were sourced from www.tesla-fire.com. You can find individual news articles on the 3 stories at the top. And more. That is just the month of May.
I know that internal combustion engines have problems, and the gas-powered vehicles do catch fire. They don't often lock the doors and make it a puzzle of how to get out in an emergency.
And it isn't just Tesla, of course. Here is a link to a video of a fire in an electric-vehicle parking lot in India from a week or two ago. Delhi: Fire in Jamia Nagar’s metro parking burns down nearly 100 vehicles
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