The spontaneous combustion of faulty Tesla lithium-ion batteries caused a large, early morning fire at two car dealerships in Palo Alto last August, according to two recently released fire ...
A Tesla Semi reportedly caught fire around 3 a.m. in Placer County, in the Greater Sacramento area. The highway has been shut down for hours while fire crews work to extinguish the blaze.
Electric vehicle fires, like the one that consumed a Tesla and killed four people on ... But the data shows that EVs are far less likely to catch fire than gas-powered vehicles.