Tesla Model S Appears to Catch Fire Spontaneously

555 In a video being widely shared on Chinese Social Media late yesterday afternoon, a Tesla Model S sitting in a car parking lot in Shanghai appears to burst into flames spontaneously. Users of Weibo, the widely popular Chinese social media app comparable to Twitter, began sharing the video late Sunday evening local time. The video, apparently taken from a surveillance camera, shows a Tesla Model S parked along a line of cars when smoke begins to billow out from underneath, then catching fire immediately after. Videos posted also show what appears to be the aftermath of the fire, which appears to have completely consumed the Tesla while also damaging the vehicles around it. This is the second report of a Tesla catching fire while parked, according to Electrek Blog, who reported the earlier fire occurred while the Tesla in question was being charged, which does not appear to be the case here.

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