Bloomberg News says that Tesla Motors in California is investigating a fire involving a Model S in Toronto on Valentine’s Day. The fire happened in a Toronto garage after the car’s owner returned from a drive, and the vehicle wasn’t plugged in to recharge when it occurred. “After a few moments, the owner’s fire detector went off and the fire department was called,” the publication Business Insider says. Telsa is a pure electric car run powered by ion lithium batteries, a technology that has not been without trouble. There were three Model S fires reported in the U.S. last year, but always either in the context of an accident or while plugged in. Tesla has released a statement saying it has definitively determined that the fire did not originate in the battery, the charging system, the adapter or the electrical receptacle, as these components were untouched by the fire.
