{"id":48435,"date":"2023-04-27T17:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T21:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48435"},"modified":"2023-04-27T17:05:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T21:05:06","slug":"tesla-fire-police-believed-battery-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48435","title":{"rendered":"Police believed Tesla fire was due to battery, turns out it was arson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Tesla Model S was found on fire parked on the street in Spokane, Washington. The police first believed that it caught on fire by itself due to its battery, but it turns out it was arson.<\/p>\n

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Electric vehicles have an unwarranted reputation for catching on fire even though there\u2019s no evidence that they catch on fire at any higher rate than gasoline-powered cars.<\/p>\n

Despite the lack of evidence, the reputation has spread, and that\u2019s the first thing that the Spokane Police Department thought when they found Harrold Harriston\u2019s Tesla Model S on fire.<\/p>\n

Harriston said the police told him electric vehicles \u201ctend to\u201d catch on fire. He voiced his disagreement, but they didn\u2019t believe him until he was able to pull the Sentry Cam video from his car.<\/p>\n

Sentry Cam is Tesla\u2019s integrated dashcam system that records video of what is happening around a vehicle. It has been used before to catch criminals \u2013 especially vandals damaging Tesla vehicles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The car was able to record an individual walking up to the Tesla and dousing it in gasoline before lighting on fire. Harriston shared the video with local media:<\/p>\n

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