When police first saw the burned-down Model S, they said EVs “tend to” catch on fire.
As expected, the video evidence convinced the police that it was arson rather than battery-related and it is now looking for the person responsible.Model S owner says he doesn’t even live in Spokane and that there was no clear reason for someone to want to light his car on fire. But this wouldn’t be the first time an angry EV critic would do such a thing out of pure spite, with many cases in the past showing that people sometimes do stupid things to prove a point.
Another theory is that it could simply be a random act of vandalism, and an expensive one at that, with the Tesla Model S now selling for over $87,000 in the United States. But until the police catch the bad guy, we won’t know for sure what was the motive. What we do know, however, is that Tesla’s cameras have proved to be very useful tools for catching vandals and ill-intentioned drivers, and it’s nice to see that other brands such as
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