Tesla investigating video of parked Model S exploding in Shanghai

SHANGHAI - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc on Monday said it has sent a team to investigate a video on Chinese social media which showed a parked Tesla Model S car exploding, the latest in a string of fire incidents involving Tesla’s cars.

Reuters was not immediately able to verify the origins of the videos, which Weibo users said were taken in Shanghai. The cause of the explosion could not be immediately ascertained from the videos. The automaker currently imports all the cars it sells in China, but is building a factory in Shanghai that will initially make its Model 3 and help reduce the impact of a trade war.

“Tesla had fire incidents before, but they didn’t have a big impact on its reputation in China,” said analyst Alan Kang at LMC Automotive.

It just so happens that this spontaneous Tesla Tesla explosion, out of all the models sold worldwide... happens in China and is caught centre-square on HD CCTV..... State turning a blind eye to industrial espionage...?

Looks like a sabotage.. lol .. i mean came on.... be searious... there are houndred of thousand of teslas around the world... and now that happen to the first one ... in Shangai ... LOL in a close space near other cars.. with a camera that moves... lol other 13 fires was on crush

Are Reuters going to report on every single car that burst into flames? Because thousands of cars burn everyday. Why not treat Tesla as you would any other car company?

Just waiting for the excuses 'more gasoline cars have exploded over the last 100 years than battery powered cars...so there is no problem'🙄

“Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts”

Video or it didn't happen

WILL YOU IMBECILES learn what an EXPLOSION is?! Something bursting into flames is NOT AN EXPLOSION! I done demolition in the military, so I KNOW what an explosion is. I wish you would so you can stop falsifying your reports. FakeNews

Would like to see the video

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