You might remember a few years ago that after three Tesla Model S sedans caught fire, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stepped in and opened an investigation into the series of fires. Now another fire has happened in France.
This isn’t the first reported Tesla fire in Europe this year. In Norway, where a government subsidy for electric vehicles has made Tesla a popular brand, a Model S caught fire at one of the automaker’s Supercharger stations due to a short circuit.
The fire yesterday happened during a test drive in the south of France, with the test driver, his girlfriend, and a Tesla employee in the car.
“We were going about 70 km/h (43 mph) on the Boulevard d’Aritxague in Bayonne, we heard a loud noise inside the car,” he told local newspaper Sud-Ouest. “The [Tesla employee] told me to pull over. She wanted to call Tesla before continuing the test drive.”
Instead, he told the paper, the car got hotter as he pulled over, and he saw white smoke. Everyone bailed out of the vehicle, and it’s good that they didn’t hesitate. “The car was in flames within a minute,” he told a reporter, and “destroyed within five minutes.”
You can see for yourself in this video posted to Twitter, from before the local firefighters arrived.
None of the passengers were injured and no property was damaged other than te car, according to local authorities.
Tesla car catches fire during promotional event in France [AP]
Pays basque : une voiture électrique Tesla prend feu lors d’un essai [Sud-Ouest]
by Laura Northrup via Consumerist
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