Tesla ‘spontaneously’ caught fire on California highway
● The Tesla Model S was traveling at “freeway speeds” when the fire broke out ● Crews used approximately 6,000 gallons of water to put out the fire. ● No injuries were reported from this incident.
(Severe damage at the front of the Tesla Model S is clearly visible.)
A Tesla vehicle on a highway in Sacramento California burst into flames this weekend after the car’s battery compartment “spontaneously” caught fire. According to the Sacramento Metro Fire District, the Tesla Model S was traveling at “freeway speeds” when the fire started. In photos shared by the Sacramento Metro Fire District, the severe damage to the front of the vehicle can be clearly seen. The fire crew had to lift the vehicle in order to access the battery compartment.
There were no reported injuries from the incident which took place on the shoulder of eastbound Highway 50 and Sunrise Boulevard in Rancho Cordova, Crews used around 6,000 gallons of water to put out the fire. Firefighters stated that they had to use this much water as the Tesla’s battery cells continued to catch fire. Crews in Sacramento were called to another Tesla fire in the area last summer. In this incident, which took place at a wrecking yard, the car had to be put into a small pit filled with water to stop the battery compartment reigniting.
In another incident in October, a Tesla battery submerged in hurricane flood waters became corroded and caught fire. In that case, Florida firefighters had to use around 1,500 gallons of water to put out the flames.
Last August, Sacramento Fire Captain, Parker Wilbourn stated that electric vehicle fires pose more difficult challenges for fire crews than traditional combustion engines that use gasoline. “When one battery catches fire, it preheats the next battery, the next battery and the next battery. It causes a fire and it is a chain reaction from there,” Wilbourn explained.
(Fire crews had to lift the car to access the battery compartment.)
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I wouldn't buy a Tesla car because I don't want some proprietary charging port that no other brand of car can use, and because their self driving feature is gimmicky junk. They have good range, but it's not worth it at all.
There is no way I could afford a Tesla. Also - I live in an apartment complex, and it seems highly unlikely that the company that owns the property would install charging stations any time soon.
No. There are too many stories about either catching fire, taking hours to fully charge, being stranded because the charge runs out too fast, not working in cold weather, not enough charging stations, and when you find one, there may be a very long wait to charge yours. And last, but not least, what happens when they ration electricity, as they are doing in California, or if the grid goes down. It’s too expensive and too much trouble.
Current EVs are not even close to a realistic answer. In fact until you can get charging stations in apartment complexes none of them ever will be answer.
They are just using the charging stations to eventually make a killing in the future. Charging stations are not needed.
I'd rather have a Mercedes EQS.. so much more car.. even without the, never going to exist, full self driving that Tesla has been selling for 6 years and still hasn't delivered 😑
