這是Tesla今年在全球第四例的車輛火災事故。
這次發生在美國印第安納波利斯
根據目擊者表示，這輛Model S以高速行駛經過交叉路口後失控撞上路旁的樹
整輛車彈起來後有很多零件飛在空中
據調查報告，駕駛是位女性，駕駛與男性乘客似乎在撞擊當下就已經死亡
這是路人拍下的起火影片：
https://www.facebook.com/mark.bates.3998/videos/10207453052549259/
當消防車趕到時各式零件跟碎片散落了至少100碼
今年的第一起Tesla車輛起火原因是在奧地利高速公路上撞擊後導致起火
但車上兩人完全無傷
第二起事故是在法國試駕過程中起火
當時電腦先警告車輛即將發生問題要駕駛將車輛停在路邊
業務與乘客都下車後過了一兩分鐘後才起火
事故原因事後調查是因為人為的電氣設備連接不當導致短路
第三起事故是在挪威，車子在超級充電站充電過程中起火
事故調查發現起火原因並不是因為充電造成，而是車內的配電箱短路造成
Tesla已經透過OTA更新軟體去預防這類狀況發生
第四起事故就是這則超速撞擊導致的起火事故(讓我想到保羅沃克也是撞樹火燒車...)
在撞擊當下就死亡可以想見車速有多快
Tesla對於如何處理電動車火災的建議是：
如果電池破裂或扭曲，或是處於高熱之中，要用大量的水冷卻電池，不要只用少量的水
撲滅後用熱成像像機監控電池至少一個小時
Tesla也提供了如何處理事故的大量文件與培訓資料在他的網站裡：
https://www.tesla.com/firstresponders?redirect=no
另外，車輛火災事故在美國高速公路上一年有17萬4000例
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Cars catch on fire after severe high-speed impacts. That's nothing
new to Tesla or electric vehicles, but there's also no doubt that
battery fires are different from gas-powered car fires. The latest
example comes from a tragic fatal accident in Indianapolis early this
morning.
The driver and passenger of a Tesla Model S died after hitting a tree
at a reportedly high-speed. The car caught on fire following the
accident and was difficult to extinguish according to local
firefighters.
Local news interviewed a witness that said the vehicle was “speeding
when it lost control at the intersection, crashed into a tree, and
caught on fire”:
“It hit that tree and it bounced around, and all of a sudden it just
exploded, and I had to accelerate my vehicle because all the car
parts went up in the air and I had to accelerate just to get away
from it”
The driver, a woman, was pronounced dead at the scene, the passenger
in the car, a man, died at the hospital. Some reports state that it
took about 15 minutes for the rescue team to free the passenger from
the car.
Here's a video of the aftermath:
Spokeswoman for the Indianapolis Fire Department, Rita Reith,
commented on the fire:
“The car, kind of, for lack of a better term, disintegrated. The
debris field is at least 100 yards long. The batteries and the pieces
and parts from the Tesla - all which were on fire when firefighters
initially arrived.”
It's the fourth Tesla to catch on fire this year. Another instance
happened after an impact on the highway, while the two others
happened without any impact. One instance was during a test drive,
Tesla said that it was due to ‘electrical connection improperly
tightened' by a human instead of robots, and the other fire without
an impact happened while the car was charging at a Supercharger.
Tesla recommends using “large amounts of water” to extinguish a
battery fire in its vehicles and to use a thermal imaging camera to
monitor the battery for at least one hour after it is found to be
completely cooled:
“If the high voltage battery catches fire, is exposed to high heat,
or is bent, twisted, cracked, or breached in any way, use large
amounts of water to cool the battery. DO NOT extinguish with a small
amount of water. Always establish or request an additional water
supply.”
Tesla offers extensive documentation and training for first
responders on its website.
It's worth noting that 174,000 car fires were reported on US
highways last year. Of course, the vast majority had nothing to do
with electric vehicles or Tesla