Tesla Model S Catches Fire Unexpectedly, Crews Struggle To Extinguish The Sacramento fire department noted that it took 6,000 gallons of water to put out the blaze, which kept reigniting. By Steven Loveday Safety - Jan 30 2023 -
Tesla Goes Up In Flames Weeks After Crash That Didn't Involve Fire The Tesla Model S was sitting in a wrecking yard in Sacramento for three weeks before it was suddenly ablaze. By Steven Loveday Safety - Jun 13 2022 -
NHTSA Requests Info From Tesla About Recent Car Fire In Canada A Tesla Model Y in Canada recently caught fire while driving, and the NHTSA wants answers. By Steven Loveday Safety - May 27 2022 -
Tesla Model 3 Owner Provides Details On Recent EV Fire In California City A Tesla Model 3 caught fire while parked, right after the owner canceled plans to drive it to a dinner party. By Steven Loveday Safety - May 24 2022 -
Tesla Model Y Catches Fire While Driving, Driver Struggled To Escape Tesla fires are very few and far between, but they still exist. By Steven Loveday Safety - May 23 2022 -
Statistically, Tesla Car Fires Are Less And Less Frequent The company reports that fire incidents are 11x lower for Tesla vehicles than the average vehicle in the US. By Mark Kane Safety - May 9 2022 -
State Farm Files $1.27 Million Claim Against Tesla For House Fire State Farm has reason to believe a Tesla Model S had a defect that caused the fire, so it's going after Tesla for reimbursement. By Steven Loveday Industry - Feb 23 2022 -
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Comments On Future Media Coverage Of EV Fires Musk predicts that now that "big automotive advertisers" are making EVs, we may see fewer media stories about EV fires. By Steven Loveday Elon Musk - Jan 31 2022 -
Tesla's Impact Report Compares Fires Between Teslas & Gas Cars Car fires happen every day, but they're only national news if the car is an EV. By EVANNEX Safety - Aug 22 2021 -
Tesla Reveals How Often Its Cars Burn From Fire In the U.S., the average is one fire for every 205 million miles traveled. By Mark Kane Safety - Apr 18 2021 -
Five Chinese Departments Promise To Investigate Three Tesla Issues They will keep an eye on abnormal acceleration, battery fires, and OTA updates. By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo Breaking - Feb 8 2021 -
Another Tesla Model S Burns: Coral Gables Fire Department Films Rescue Sadly, very little information was provided about the incident. By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo Weird - Jul 10 2020 -
Did Tesla Hide A Model S Battery Issue Since 2012 That Could Cause Fires? A Business Insider article claims it has but presents no evidence. By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo Safety - Jun 26 2020 -
Tesla Model S Goes Up In Flames, But The Battery Pack Didn't Ignite The Model S owner suspects arson. By Tom Moloughney Weird - May 31 2020 -
Truck Trailer Carrying Five Tesla Cars Burns In Nevada A Tesla spokesperson claimed the carrier truck caused the blaze, not the Teslas. By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo Crashes / Wrecks - Oct 2 2019 -
Tesla Model S Shanghai Fire, Range, And Charge Issues Seem Connected Tesla owners’ complaints pile up while they wait for an official answer. By Gustavo Henrique Ruffo Charging - Jul 20 2019 -
Not-A-Tesla Fire: TeslaCam Captures Jeep Renegade Ablaze Because without Tesla in the headline, the mainstream media doesn't care. By Eric Loveday Humor - Jul 14 2019 -
Video Captures Curious Tesla Model S Explosion This first-generation Tesla Model S spontaneously sparks up in a parking garage and then explodes. By Steven Loveday Safety - Apr 23 2019 -
Tesla Model X Driver Survives Horrific Crash, Fire: Video The driver of this Tesla Model X is alive, despite the Tesla SUV being destroyed. A fire followed the crash, the cause of which is still under investigation. By Eric Loveday Crashes / Wrecks - Feb 18 2019 -
Are EVs More Or Less Likely To Catch Fire Than Combustion Engined Cars? We haven't reported on EV fires much lately, but our recent Tesla Model X share brought some previous studies to light. What's the real story on EVs and fire? By Mark Hovis General - Dec 7 2018 -
