Tesla car battery ‘spontaneously’ catches fire on California freeway, requiring 6,000 gallons of water to put it out

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A Tesla car’s battery . Burst into flames on a California freeway Saturday, and. Firefighters needed 6,000 gallons of water to put it out.

The Metro Fire Department said in. A series of tweets that “nothing unusual”

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occurred before the . Tesla Model S was “engulfed in flames, but.
No injuries were reported.

In 2021, the National Highway . Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) declined to open . An investigation into battery fires in Tesla cars, calling them “rare incidents“.
A few studies have . Shown that electric vehicles are less likely to catch fire than gasoline or . Hybrid-electric vehicles — but when they do, they burn more often and for longer.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk before said that only 0.01% of Teslas have caught fire. That compares to an annual rate of 0.08% for all passenger and heavy-duty vehicles in . A given year, according to NHTSA and the National Fire Protection Association.

A  car’s battery . Burst into flames on a California freeway Saturday, and. Firefighters needed 6,000 gallons of water to put it out.

The Metro Fire Department said in. A series of tweets that “nothing unusual”

occurred before the . Tesla Model S was “engulfed in flames, but.
No injuries were reported.

In 2021, the National Highway . Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) declined to open . An investigation into battery fires in Tesla cars, calling them “rare incidents“.
A few studies have . Shown that electric vehicles are less likely to catch fire than gasoline or . Hybrid-electric vehicles — but when they do, they burn more often and for longer.

 

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