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[br][br]This past April, a parked Model S in Shanghai caught fire for seemingly no reason at all. The harrowing incident, which was captured on video, occurred in a parking garage and generated a lot of unanswered questions about the safety of Tesla vehicles. Indeed, we’ve seen a handful of stories involving Tesla vehicles spontaneously catching fire in the past and, more often than not, we get nothing from Tesla aside from a quick blurb that a given incident represented an “extraordinarily unusual occurrence.”[br][br]The Shanghai incident, to Tesla’s credit, played out a little bit differently. Earlier today, Tesla released a statement about the cause of the fire and revealed that it resulted from a defective battery module. Notably, experts consulted on the matter do not believe the fire can be traced back to any type of defect in the overall design of the car.[br][br]Tesla’s statement was published on Weibo and was made after analyzing the car’s battery, the software the car was running at the time, manufacturing data, and more.[br][br]In the wake of the April fire, you may recall that Tesla in May rolled out a software update for Model S and Model X vehicles out of an “abundance of caution.”[br][br]“We are revising charge and thermal management settings on Model S and Model X vehicles via an over-the-air software update that will begin rolling out today, to help further protect the battery and improve battery longevity,” Tesla said at the time.[br][br]Tesla statement on Weibo also made a point of noting that Tesla vehicles are far less likely to catch fire than gas-powered vehicles.[br][br]What’s a little bit peculiar is that Tesla seemingly released a statement on Weibo exclusively and didn’t provide a version of its statement in English.[br][br][br][br]Source - (BGR) |
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发表于 2019-06-29 13:48:52
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