U.S. agency asks Tesla for information on Canadian fire incident
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration mentioned on Thursday it has requested Tesla Inc for details about a current 2021 Tesla Mannequin U hearth in Vancouver, British Columbia, wherein a driver reported struggling to exit.
The NHTSA informed Reuters the company “is conscious of the incident and has reached out to the producer for data.”
Electrek posted a video of the incident wherein the proprietor mentioned he obtained an error notification after which noticed smoke. The motive force mentioned that to get out he “needed to smash the window. … I kicked by means of the window as a result of the whole lot stops. The facility didn’t work. The door didn’t open. The home windows did not go down.”
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
(Reporting by David Shepardson in Washington and Hyunjoo Jin; Enhancing by Leslie Adler)
