Tesla starts smoking and catches fire in garage

[OnlinePoker]

Would this be similar to the smartphones catching fire? Action starts about 40 seconds in.

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[A DAY IN THE LIFE]

1. Damn they are lucky

That the garage camera was pointed directly at the Tesla when this happened. If it pointed at the Audi, we wouldn't have known it was a Tesla.

[Merlot]

5. I thought that was odd.

Maybe that garage has a camera pointed at every car?

[still_one]

2. I guess the first question to ask was a Note 7 in the car? NOTE: I am being sarcastic. I am just

glad no one was hurt

[Amishman]

3. New cars burning due to a short happens more than you realize

It just doesn't normally make the news.

The Sincerity Ace container ship fire a few months back was believed to have started this way. Manufacturing defect in the battery or car's electrical system creates enough heat for something to ignite. Once ignited, cars are really flammable.

[marble falls]

4. 80's Jags were notious for catching fire. A friend of mine had his go off in his garage and was ...

Almost arrested by the FD for pushing it out onto the driveway after he called it in.

[fescuerescue]

7. why was the FD angry that he pushed it out?

Were they hoping for a house fire to?

My fire (see below) was i the driveway, but I sure as hell would have pushed it out of the garage too.

[fescuerescue]

6. I lost my ranger pickup truck to this

burned up in my driveway.

News media could have cared less.

The defect was a cruise control switch which later became the subject a recall, but it's it was only notable to my neighbors and the HOA (due to scortch marks on the driveway)

[Mosby]

8. didnt ford have some issue with a sensor in the master cylinder

That was starting F-150s, and expeditions on fire while parked? Lots of houses burned down iirc.

[Javaman]

9. everyone knows you can't smoke legally until you are 18