CapitalistOppressor
Active Member
Does the quote say the battery caught fire? It seems to me that it doesn't?
The fact that it doesn't is the key clue that it did. Tesla would have specifically denied a battery fire otherwise. Instead the emphasized that it was a weird accident, and the safety systems all worked, with nobody hurt as a result.
The bottom of the pack was probably ripped open by debris, and that caused a short and a catastrophic cascade in the cells. The pack then vented to the front, and from their statement the car probably threw up all kinds of audio and visual warnings to the passengers to exit the vehicle.