An electric vehicle self-immolation accident occurred on Tsing Kwai Highway in Kwai Chung. At 6 o’clock in the evening today (9th), a black Tesla Model S electric vehicle was driving towards Tsing Yi South Bridge at the site. During the period, a lot of smoke emanated from the vehicle and caught fire. Koo The driver escaped from the car in time, and he called the police when he saw it. The firefighter arrived at the scene and activated a jet and a breathing apparatus team to fight the blaze. The fire was put out after about 20 minutes. The cause of the fire is yet to be investigated. No one was injured in the accident.
According to the male driver, the electric car was purchased half a year ago. On the way back home, a large amount of smoke suddenly appeared from the bottom of the car on the left. He immediately stopped the car and caught fire after getting off the car. However, he did not understand why the electric car was self-immolated for no reason. .
According to data, the first suspected self-immolation accident of a Tesla electric car occurred in Hong Kong in May of the previous year. A Tesla Model S with a price of more than 800,000 yuan was parked in the San Po Kong Plaza parking lot for about half an hour and caught fire for no reason. There were multiple reports during the period. Explosion. It took nearly an hour for firefighters to extinguish the fire. According to the owner of the car involved, the driver had suspected that he could not start due to a battery failure, urging the factory to thoroughly investigate and explain the incident.
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