Social media was set ablaze last night with videos of what appears to be the first case of an electric car on fire in Malaysia. Footage of a white Tesla Model Y said to be parked near Skypod in Puchong was seen posted on various social media groups.
Of course from just videos it’s easy to speculate but the truth is at this point no one can say for sure what caused it. It’s best to wait for a report from the authorities. We read social media comments that firefighters reached the scene swiftly and managed to put out the fire with ease.
It’s worth pointing out that there are a few angles available and they show fire mainly concentrated around the front end and left wheel arch. In a Tesla Model Y, the batteries are in the underfloor of the car below the passenger cabin, so to our untrained eye it does not look like this is a battery fire.
As of this morning, there have been photos uploaded of the Tesla Model Y already safely at a repair workshop. The glass roof and windows have been damaged from the heat of the fire, but it does not look like there are signs of fire where the battery is.
Back in April 2023, there were reports of an “electric vehicle fire” in front of Suria KLCC. The “vehicles” in question were scooters belonging to a mobility rental company Beam.
In that case, the cause of the fire was arson, and a 34 year old man was remanded for investigation under Section 435 of the Penal Code: mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage.
Footage of Bomba in action during last night's Tesla Model Y fire
source: Whatsapp forwards pic.twitter.com/DklTDzKy1F
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Fire is likely from the tires, must be someone burnt it up then fled away. Did the owner had enemies?
If U got follow news about Tesla caught fire in the world, U’ll find similar incidents whereby the fire started near the wheels even while it was driving. So it has to do with electrical components, motor, or circuit
correct…fire is not necessary to burn directly burn from battery. whatever the problem cause the fire may later cos the battery to explode or burn in bigger volume. just like petrol car on fire..it mustsn’t be coming from petrol tank first. so it seems to be a safety issue regardless where the fire is coming from
Baikbeli tesla
EV fires especially battery compartment..no joke..very difficult to extinguish…once over …almost unsalvageable.Total writeoff.
So,buy another Tesla?
Definitively would. Wouldn’t even cost that much with all the saving made just from not using petrol :’D A free car every 8 years!
You must be the most stupid student in your classroom..
Proton: Phew, what a relief.
Waiting for all the Proton and Xcars haters to come in and spew their venom at Tesla and their cars. Come mari mari mari!
Any quick conclusion from high IQ experts here?
I cant laugh seeing your comment. Good one!! LOL
I say it’s very clear car should not burn into ashes.
And you would be clearly want to avoid buying one.
I think this has to be somehow related to Proton.
Dont know what yet, but it has to be.
Can IQ 21 reply?
Where all the TESLA Y RM199k is a no brainer gone? Geek
Safely at a repair workshop? One just wonder which special workshop is this in Puchong.
Ya laa….still want to repair..? Buy new one laa…let it go…let it go…ash to ash dust to dust…
Is Malaysia ready for lithium battery fire?
Asalkan buka proton..takda masalah
Ini bukan proton pon terbakar. Bodoh!
I would pay good money to see the sentry mode footage.
It is ok, can claim with the insurance company. Even ICE car also sometimes got burning and etc. This is normal. Not normal if all EV cars burning. Then also, car company will announce a recall to fix the problem(s).
But still I don’t like EV because of the hassle of charging compared to the filling up the gas.
burning car is normal. Do you understand when you plot a normal graph normal is suppose to be the part that is in the middle with the most distribution? Are you implying most car burned down?
X70 terbakar, all quiet quiet. EV burn, everybody celebrates in glee.
Stats don’t lie, 25.1 per 100,000 EV fire. 1,529 per 100,000 for ICE or to summarise, ICE are 60x more likely to burn compared to EVs. Sorry to burst your bubble.
soon there will be others!!
Mercedes EV also caught fire too. Mercedes EV mostly on battery problems and software issues including also leading to power failure. No wonder, JPJ have to recall Mercedes this years cars
It’s Tesla, what do you expect?
Owner thought celaka, my value drop by half when tesla malaysia launched recently, better burn and claim insurance. Can buy new one at cheaper price.
Puntung rokok ni
Lets thank the early buyers for the beta test. Lets give it a few more years before we can say EV is ready for Msia.
Uh Oh. Hopefully not the omen for things to come.
How to get warranty claim ? Tesla Malaysia model Y deliveries only next year. Looks like a model Y performance that must have been picked up for cheap when grey importers lelong
Most likely will declare total lost, and scrap for parts
Tesla is reliable. this is definitely sabotage case.
Agreed with paultan most likely arson.
Fires at the frontal tyre area are more common than battery fires for Tesla overseas cases. In a lot of cases, it’s the front electric motor that caught fire.
Eagerly awaiting the first BYD EV fire
A moment of silence for those who used to condemn Chinese EV and car low standard and substandard and catches fire easily
let say this car produced by proton, very bad words will came out from commentor.. but when other brand, maybe cause by cigarette or not from factory defect, very positive comment… yesterday Maclaren bursts into flame during test drive.. maybe driver smoking during test drive, that’s why the car caught with the fire..
No Ah. Lambos can catch fire, so do BMWs and benz. You can google all those cases that happened in Malaysia.
Looks & smelled suspicious from footages
the main question is whether the average people can afford this kind of cars with the sky high price and with its own set of problems like fire, software issues, etc….this thing price is not like 40-50k like saga/myvi price…until the price come down to that level, all just pipe dream only for the average….
Eagerly awaiting the first Mercedes EV fire
EV catch fire? biasa lah.
Not to be confuse with Proton X70. That’s ICE car.
ICE catches fire? See how silly it sounds when you put it in a sentence? That’s pure stupidity.
Assemble the keyboard warriors
If jumpa any tesla at parking better park far2 away, later my myvi lagi best pun kena burned.
you do know that the fire was cause by arson it is clearly wrote there
arson targeting Tesla cars?
Still… park far away from Tesla.
Hey @lol, your english so bad ah?? Pau was referring to another case which was arson la in klcc. Go back to school la
If I found out my RM300k car has the assembly quality of a 1993 Proton Wira, I will also burn the car.
All cars can catch on fire. ICE is 10x more likely to catch fire than EV. The worst is hybrid at 120x. You can google all the studies done worldwide based on real world data. Li-on battery fires can burn for days and are very difficult to put out. The heat comes from stored energy, not air and fuel combustion. Go figure.
Source please.
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IF you have own several generations of HP you know the problem
bulging or exploding Battery
fully charged but cannot last an hour
Non users replaceble battery
This is propaganda from jealous chinese EV makers. They deliberately set fire to the car to scare off customers. Same with the iPhone 15 pro, they try their best to circulate articles on overheating problems, but one look at the comments from actual buyers is there is no problem.
nothing to be jealous on China EV, just ran off & close 1 eye…. nothing happens.
Beli lah Proton X50. Tak payah sedih hati. Hati gembira. Senang hati!
The rest of the EV players in Malaysia are taking note of the disaster handling and reputational rebuild by Tesla. A classic case study. Model Y is not officially out yet, isn’t it? Looks like sabotage… Anyways juicy news
Phew thank god i didn’t buy ev, if i buy i can kena inside