ANOTHER Tesla Battery Involved In Fiery Crash Reignites Twice Hours Later

A Tesla Inc. Model S involved in a May 8 fatal high-speed crash in Florida reignited twice after firefighters extinguished a fire in the electric vehicle, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a preliminary report on Tuesday.

The report said the vehicle was traveling 116 miles per hour seconds before it crashed into a metal light pole. The Fort Lauderdale Fire Department found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames and extinguished the vehicle fire using 200–300 gallons of water and foam, the NTSB said.

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TheSteve - 6/27/2018 12:05:12 PM

-7 Boost

For folks who are interested in facts: EVs are far LESS likely to burst into flames than a gasoline-powered vehicles. Stats bear out this fact. But because EV fires get much, much more press that fires in gasoline-powered vehicles, you might be inclined to believe the opposite is true.

Here's a fact-based report on EV fires, for interested parties:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6NEww2C-50

As always, if you want to know the truth, do your own due diligence.

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Disclosure:
(1) I'm not an EV fan.
(2) I'm not a Tesla fan, in a huge way.
(3) I'm a lover of truth.

TomM - 6/27/2018 5:31:30 PM

+3 Boost

This is no surprise - we already know that compromised Lithium cells are dangerous from fires from Phones and computers. I believe that this will need some type of extra care after an accident - including a comprehensive inspection of the batteries if the car is otherwise repairable too.

And this is not exclusive to tesla - nor will it be in the future.

senft - 7/2/2018 2:00:23 PM

+1 Boost

Don't blame TSLA! I'm sure the owner and/or driver is the sole cause of this anomalous occurrence. Cannot be due to anything on TSLA's part. I'm sure Musk is going to say the same if he hasn't already. And who can you trust if you can't trust him?