About 2 months after a Tesla Model S spontaneously combusted in a Shanghai parking garage, Tesla is finally admitting that the incident was caused by a “single battery module malfunction,” according to Bloomberg.
The company says the conclusion was based on an evaluation by experts from China and the U.S.
Tesla says it didn’t find a “systematic flaw” after its investigation into the car’s battery, software and manufacturing data (other than the car catching fire, unprovoked, randomly?)
Previously, Tesla had disputed the findings of a preliminary investigation that concluded that the fire was caused by a short circuit in the batter.
A self proclaimed Tesla owner in Shanghai that Tweets under the name @ShanghaiJayIn posted the video on his Twitter in late April. It showed a Tesla Model S, 1st generation, catching fire spontaneously and becoming fully engulfed in flames in a Chinese parking garage.
The user has since deleted the video of the fire, though it is still mirrored elsewhere.
Tesla is investigating after footage from China appears to show a parked Model S catch on fire.
At least 14 Tesla cars have caught on fire since 2013. pic.twitter.com/yg5xXdDcM9
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 23, 2019
The video shows what appears to be security footage of a white Tesla that starts with smoke pouring out of the bottom of it. As people can be heard in the background talking in Mandarin, the car simply spontaneously combusts.
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