Cars catch fire sometimes; it’s unfortunate, but true that both gas-powered and electric vehicles alike are occasionally susceptible to terrifying, dangerous issues with combustion. When those situations happen, however, we generally assume that carmakers have ensured their products include clear, easy-to-exit doors so that drivers can escape unharmed. But there’s Tesla.
As reported over at Electrek, a man in North Vancouver, British Columbia, claims he had to kick out the window of his Tesla Model Y last Friday after his relatively new purchase “pushed an error notification and then powered down” before beginning to smoke and eventually catching fire. “Everything stops. The power didn’t work. The door didn’t open. The windows didn’t go down so I’m thinking I need to get the fuck out of this car so I kicked through,” he reportedly told local emergency responders.
