Four people were killed in France after a Tesla electric car caught fire, as police now investigate the cause of the inferno.
The blaze occurred outside the city of Niort on Saturday at around 10.45pm local time (9.45pm BST), causing the deaths of the driver and three pic.twitter.com/ScuQG52aHf
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特斯拉是目前最畅销的电动车,它的安全性也受到各界关注。(图/美联社)
法国警方表示,法国西部小镇尼奥尔(Niort)发生一起特斯拉电动车的死亡事故,该车撞上路标并起火,车上4人不幸死亡。
美联社报导,警方发言人霍劳(Eric Hoarau)表示,事故发生在週六晚间,这辆车可能过快而自撞路边标牌,但具体情况仍有待确定。他说:“地面上的痕迹和一个被切断的路标显示,可能有超速问题。”
但是没有目击者,这使得调查变得複杂。包括驾驶和三名乘客都未能逃生,电池受损后起火。
这是特斯拉电动车连续两天发生电池起火的死亡车祸,前一天,韩国也发生特斯拉自撞后起火,儘管火势在10分钟内扑灭,不过车门无法开启,驾驶身亡。