This Tesla Model S Burnt To The Ground While Charging

While this Tesla Model S was being charged, something went badly wrong, causing the car to burn to the ground. Firefighters had to use special foam to put the flames out...

Alex Kersten

01 Jan 2016

Tesla tok fyr under hurtiglading. https://t.co/enzKpdWxae @nrksorlandet pic.twitter.com/rLzQmUBCFE
— NRK (@NRKno) January 1, 2016

This empty shell is all that remains of a 2014 Tesla Model S after it burnt to the ground while being charged in Norway. The cause of the fire is currently unknown, but is being investigated.

The incident happened when the owner of the Model S plugged it in and left it for charging. On returning a short time later, the car was engulfed in flames. Firefighters had to use a special foam to combat the flames and to make the lithium batteries safe.

Luckily, nobody was injured.

Comments

Also known as a class C fire.
I’m fun at parties.

A fisker karma caught on fire once before due to a cooling fan for the gas engine acting up. I’m kinda glad I don’t own a karma. But at the same time, I would like to own one.

This kinda reminds me of my Samsung S2 with a swollen battery due to a faulty charger.

But on the bright side, they have a perfect excuse to buy a Hellcat.

Wrong, the owner had lent the car to a mate of his when the car caught fire, the owner had it for 2 days, after he bought it for him self as a new years gift after a good year at work. It is now beeing investigated by tesla US. This all happened in Norway. And what about some creed Alex, sins I was first to post about this incident?

Just went through the comments like; upvote, upvote and upvote for you too and upvote.

They can put it on Craiglist now like “Brand New Tesla, mint condition, just used the heater once, as fast as a Fireball”

Please don’t start a thing. There is always a slim chance of this happening to every single battery (of that type, lithium-ion batteries). There is usually a human error involved, such as overcharging and leaving it to charge for an entire week.

These particular chargers are the speedy ones, that charge up to 80% or so in 30-45 minutes.
Aren’t they plug-and-play, with “zero” chance of messing it up?

Either way, this is probably a freak accident.
Who knows how many regular cars burn each day (excluding intentional fires). It is nothing special that a car burns. They should localise the issue, whether it was with the charger itself or the car, and fix it so it doesn’t happen again.

Incorrect. Lithium ion batteries are susceptible hence they are all built with inbuilt protection. Protection is built into both charger and battery. Also with li-ion batteries its technically impossible to overcharge since the charging voltage at full charge = battery voltage AND the charging current post 80% charge is very low hence why “fast” chargers can only charge till 80%.

Now something was wrong with the battery as well as all the protection devices hence why this occurred. Sh*t like this happens and the only person you can point fingers at is probably quality assurance at the manufacturing plant.