A Tesla Cybertruck jammed a chimney in the parking lot of a Tesla store in North Decatur, Georgia, near Atlanta. The local government suspects that it is a battery-powered fireplace.
The incident went mostly unreported because it happened just a few hours before the highly publicized Cybertruck explosion in front of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas on January 1st.
While the Las Vegas accident involved firework-like explosives in the back of the Cybertruck and was likely intentional, foul play is not suspected in this other incident.
This happened in the early morning hours of December 31 at the Tesla on Church Street in Decatur, Georgia.
The chimney was temporarily extinguished, but not before destroying the entire interior of the vehicle, as well as the bed and tires.
Here are some photographs from the Atlanta News First sequels:
The local news reported that the fire authorities believe the battery pack started the fire, but it is still under investigation.
As we have pointed out in the past, there have been some other cases of cybertrucks that have taken chimney in recent months, but it was after accidents.
Why do none of the photos show damage to the battery pack, if it’s a suspected battery pack fire?
Come on, people. It is at the back of the truck. Not in the tire.
The Cybertruck explosion yesterday appears to have been foul play – although the situation is still under investigation.
Electric vehicle batteries can sometimes catch on fire, but statistically, they don’t catch on fire at a higher rate than fossil fuel-powered vehicles.
We recently noted that Tesla encountered a challenge with the Cybertruck’s battery. Tesla described the “hump in the cell” challenge. Tesla will have to upgrade the batteries of many cybertrucks, adding some installed in its parking lots, but nothing proves that this challenge is related to this rapid upgrade at the moment.
Tesla has yet to issue a service bulletin or recall about this issue despite changing the battery pack of a few customers over it.
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