The Digest: Tesla Batteries Are Catching Fire Hours After Car Crashes
by Kristin Houser June 26, 2018 Advanced Transport
REPEATING RE-IGNITION. In May, a driver crashed their 2014 Tesla Model S in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The crash resulted in the death of the driver, one of the passengers, and injuries to the other passenger. On Tuesday, the National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) released a report on the accident.
According to the report, when the local fire department arrived on the scene, the vehicle’s lithium-ion battery was not on fire. Still, they doused it with water and foam as a precaution. Later, while the department was loading the vehicle to remove it from the scene, the battery reignited. The battery reignited again at the storage yard. Tesla declined The Verge’s request for comment.
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