[Dacre]

A Model S caught fire after an accident in the US

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/busin ... .html?_r=0

Tesla shares have dropped 10% this week - whether this is connected with the fire is unknown

 

[Duncan]

Here's Elon Musk's response:

The nationwide driving statistics make this very clear: there are 150,000 car fires per year according to the National Fire Protection Association, and Americans drive about 3 trillion miles per year according to the Department of Transportation. That equates to 1 vehicle fire for every 20 million miles driven, compared to 1 fire in over 100 million miles for Tesla. This means you are 5 times more likely to experience a fire in a conventional gasoline car than a Tesla!

 

[Paul_Moxhay]

I really do hope this doesn't spark off (sorry for the pun!) another round of anti-EV media reports. If all fires with ICEs were reported in this way then the news would be full of them and no one would ever want to drive a petrol or diesel car!