Officers tried to get into the vehicle to save the driver, but, 'due to the intensity of the flames and heat, they were unable to rescue the occupant,' the department said.

The result is the release of flammable electrolyte from the battery,” the county’s report noted. The fire began on Aug. 7, 2022, at about 5:30 a.m. in an outside storage area of the Tesla ...

open image in gallery The charred remains of a New Jersey man's Tesla who died following a crash and deadly battery fire (US District Court for the Southern District of New York) The world’s ...

Crews have begun work on the first step of a long process in cleaning up the wreckage of the Moss Landing battery storage ...

Or one in Hollywood, Florida, in 2023, where a Tesla was accidentally driven off a dock and burst into flames even though it was underwater. Durham worries that if an EV battery catches fire in a ...

A Tesla driver speeding over 100 mph was killed Monday night after crashing and ctcahing on fire, the veered off the road, ...

Tesla Cybertruck lead engineer Wes Morrill announced the pickup truck will soon get the battery armor and rock sliders that were promised long ago ...

Lithium-ion batteries have an internal chemistry that leads to major fires and toxic pollutants when they combust. What role ...

The man was driving alone in a Tesla eastbound on 128th Street East in excess of 100 mph shortly before 11 p.m. when he ...

Tesla chief Elon Musk even equated it with being "the new oil." However, it seems some industry standard practices that aim to solve the problem of battery fire hazards are creating health risks that ...

A 2025 Tesla Model Y was southbound on Madrona ... vehicle crashes that resulted in fires and one non-crash fire involving an internal battery failure and analyzed the risks for emergency responders.

Exclusive: Sarah-Mai Miller is suing Tesla after her husband’s Model Y burst into flames and trapped the 47-year-old inside ...