A Tesla Mannequin S has caught fireplace whereas charging at a Supercharger station in France. Tesla is investigating the difficulty, and the station is quickly closed.
Sunday evening, a fireplace was reported on the Tesla Supercharger station in Pontarlier, a small neighborhood in France close to the border with Switzerland.
The firefighters have been known as, they usually have been in a position to extinguish the hearth, which appeared to have originated from a Mannequin S that was plugged into the Supercharger.
The automotive was supervised till this morning to make sure it didn’t reignite.
The native newspaper L’Est Republicain shared an image of the aftermath, which reveals the Tesla Mannequin S is a complete loss:
Based on the native paper, Tesla despatched a technician from Lyon to analyze the difficulty (translated from French):
A Tesla technician got here from Lyon throughout the evening to analyze the causes of the hearth. The investigation remains to be ongoing.
Electrical car batteries can typically catch on fireplace, however statistically, they don’t catch on fireplace at the next fee than fossil fuel-powered automobiles.
Like with fossil fuel-powered car fires, most EV fires happen after a major crash. Nevertheless, it may well occur {that a} car catches on fireplace by itself. In these instances, it’s necessary to analyze and ensure to trace down the reason for the hearth as a way to make EVs safer.
For instance, that is what occurred with the Chevy Bolt EV battery recall.
Final week, we additionally reported on a Cybertruck that caught fireplace whereas parked at a Tesla lot in Atlanta.
