For the Hong Kong one, the batteries had recently been repaired.
With the mainland fire, no root cause was identified, though the finger was pointed at the frequency of fast-charging and temperature of the hardware. He claimed the automaker had that year issued “over-the-air software updates to mask and cover-up a potentially widespread and dangerous issue with the batteries in their vehicles.” The update reduced battery capacities and fast-charging rates.Īs evidence that the cars had a battery-related defect that the software was papering over – by throttling the charging process, for example – Chen cited the case of two Tesla Model S cars, one on the Chinese mainland and the other in Hong Kong, that burst into flames in 2019 after using supercharger points, which speed up the process of charging the car's battery. America's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Monday denied a request to investigate the safety of Tesla’s electric car batteries following a series of vehicle fires in 20.Ī man named Edward Chen filed a petition in September 2019 urging the regulator to launch a probe into Tesla’s vehicles to see if there were any defects in the products.
