In recent times, the safety of electric cars has been called to question after a few electric vehicles went up in flames in separate incidence. Just last Sunday, a Tesla Model S was reported to have caught fire in a parking lot in Hong Kong. It took firefighters over 45minutes to battle the raging inferno before they were able to put out the blaze.
Bloomberg reports that the cause of the fire is yet to be revealed and Tesla is even yet to make a formal statement about the incident. However, the fire incident bears a similar pattern with previous cases. Less than a month ago, a Model S spontaneously caught fire in a Shanghai parking garage. The fire resulted in the destruction of several adjourning cars. A few days after this, an electric car manufactured by Chinese start-up Nio was reported to have caught fire while undergoing repairs in the central Chinese city of Xi’an.
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Concerns about the safety of electric vehicles(EVs) continues to grow. A report by the State Administration for Market Regulation shows that last year at least 40 new energy vehicles, which include electrics and hybrids, caught fire in China. Apart from China, there have been a few reported cases of Tesla EVs going up in flames in the US. But Tesla has previously claimed that its vehicles are 10 times less likely to go up in flames than gas-driven cars.
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