Tesla Model Y on fire in Turkey

This page is translated from the original post "Des Tesla Model Y en feu en Turquie" in French.

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Tesla Feu Turquie

A Tesla Model Y cargo caught fire in Turkey. According to the driver, the fire may have originated from one of the electric vehicles being transported.

First of all, it is important to dispel a persistent rumor about electric cars and Teslas in particular. No, electric vehicles do not catch fire more often or more easily than gasoline-powered cars. They can ignite for other reasons, like any electrical device, but the result is necessarily more dramatic than a toaster!

Yesterday, Turkish firefighters were called to the Tuzla neighborhood in Istanbul, around 2:30 AM to extinguish a truck transporting 6 Tesla Model Y. According to our colleagues at DonanımHaber, the driver reported that the origin of the fire was one of the transported Tesla Model Y vehicles.

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Several hypotheses could explain such a fire. First of all, the battery of a vehicle can be damaged during charging or by bumps on the road transmitted from the trailer to the vehicle’s structure. The fire could also originate from the truck itself. It is not uncommon to see axles catch fire due to brake anomalies. With such heavy loads, even a slight brake system blockage can cause extreme temperatures, and a tire once ignited burns intensely and for a long time.

It took less than an hour to extinguish the fire, but the cargo appears to be completely unrecoverable. Tesla only began deliveries in Turkey earlier this year, but the automaker is performing well in the market with already about 8,000 deliveries, according to local reports.

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