Amid growing concerns over recent electric vehicle fires, a parked Tesla electric vehicle caught fire.
According to the Gyeonggi Province Fire and Disaster Headquarters on the 17th, a fire broke out in a Tesla electric vehicle on the street in Gugal-dong, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do at around 7:40 p.m. on the 16th.
After parking his car, driver A noticed a fire coming from the front of his car and reported it to the fire department.
After receiving the report, the fire department went to the scene and deployed 49 personnel including firefighters and 18 pieces of equipment including fire trucks to fight the fire.
They used suffocating fire covers and other equipment to extinguish the fire in order to prevent a runaway fire, and the large fire was put out at 8:16 p.m. The final extinguishing operation lasted for over an hour.
Fortunately, there were no casualties from this fire.
During the fire department’s initial on-site investigation, Mr. A stated that the fire started behind the car, not while it was being charged.
The fire department and police will soon investigate the detailed cause of the fire.
As the recent electric vehicle fire in an underground apartment in Cheongna, Incheon, sparked controversy over Chinese batteries, the government recommended on the 13th that all automakers voluntarily disclose related information. As a result, 17 automakers that manufacture and sell electric vehicles domestically, including Tesla, disclosed their battery manufacturers.
The Mercedes-Benz electric sedan EQE, which caught fire in the Cheongna underground parking lot, was equipped with batteries from the Chinese company CATL only in the 300 trim. It was revealed that the remaining 350+, AMG 53 4MATIC+, and 350 4MATIC used batteries from the Chinese company Farasis, which were installed in the vehicle that caught fire.
In the case of Tesla, the Model 3 and Model Y are equipped with batteries from LG Energy Solution, Japan’s Panasonic, and CATL. The Model X and Model S use only Panasonic batteries.
Reporter Choi Jae-ho, Donga.com [email protected]
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