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A Tesla vehicle caught fire while charging in the US, damaging several charging stations.
AInvestMonday, Jul 22, 2024 9:10 pm ET
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A Tesla vehicle recently caught fire again, after reports earlier this month of a Tesla vehicle catching fire at a Supercharger in Pennsylvania.

Tesla was reported to have melted down, closing the road temporarily, according to PCMag.

Firefighters arrived and used nearby fire hoses to put out the fire. After most of the fire was extinguished, they began cooling the vehicle's battery.

The local fire department said: "These fires are difficult to extinguish and the damage they cause is hard to mitigate."

This is not the first time a fire involving a Tesla has been reported, but this fire is especially concerning because it happened while the vehicle was charging.

The exact cause of the fire has not been announced. Images from the scene show multiple Tesla chargers damaged by the flames.

However, contrary to popular belief, electric vehicles are not inherently more likely to catch fire than traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, there are 25 fires per 100,000 electric vehicles per year, compared to 1,500 fires per 100,000 ICE vehicles per year. It is worth noting that electric vehicles are significantly younger than ICE vehicles, so this data may be skewed.

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