You may have read on these pages about the extraordinary response of the media to two incidents of road debris penetration incidents leading to fires in Tesla Model S electric vehicles. Another fire occurred in Mexico after stolen a Tesla smashed down a brick wall.
Tesla is now providing additional protection for the Model S battery.
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