Tesla Model Y Burns On The Road, Owner Admits Kapok Buys Electric Car

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JAKARTA - Tesla Model Y owner, Dishal Malla, experienced a mysterious incident when his electric car caught fire on the California highway, USA, on May 7.

At first Malla felt his car shaking, then Malla checked and saw smoke coming out of the car. A few minutes later, his car caught fire. Although no one was injured in this incident, Malla admitted that she would not buy electric cars again in the future.

Malla was very lucky to be able to escape her burning car, but this incident remains worrying for many people who are still hesitant to switch to electric cars.

Robert Kasparian, from the local Fire Department, said the best practice for firefighters when dealing with a burning electric car was to let it catch fire.

"The problem with electric vehicles is access to the battery. This battery causes a large buildup of heat," he said when interviewed by KCRA media as reported by Carscoops, Friday, May 12.

On January 28, 2023, the Tesla Model S was also reported to have caught fire suddenly on also a freeway in California. Firefighters are claimed to need 6,000 gallons of water to extinguish it.

Previously, in 2021, a fire was also experienced by Tesla Model Y when the owner drove it on the streets of Vancouver, Canada. To survive, the owner managed to get out of the burning car after breaking the window glass.

From the data compiled by KCRA, electric vehicle fires are indeed more difficult to extinguish, but the analysis of AutoinsuranceEZ federal data in 2022 actually finds interesting data where hybrid and gas vehicles experience more fires than electric vehicles. There are 3,474 fires per 100,000 sales for hybrid cars, compared to 1,529 for gas-fueled vehicles and only 25 for electric vehicles.