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More than two months later, Tesla issued a statement on the spontaneous combustion accident in Shanghai: no system defects were found, but the failure of a single battery module located in the front of the vehicle caused the accident, and the battery pack burned as designed, keeping the rest of the battery modules intact. The people in the car have time to leave safely.

When the vehicle spontaneous combustion occurred, either the owner or Tesla had a quality problem, but from Tesla's statement, Tesla admitted that the failure of the battery module caused the spontaneous combustion, and at the same time, it also showed that no system defects had been found. so whose problem is this "battery module failure"? Tesla's statement did not explain the cause of the failure.

Some industry insiders believe that Tesla's move may have avoided the risk of a large-scale recall.

Tesla also upgraded the charging and thermal management system in the air through OTA to further protect the vehicle battery and improve battery life. Some Tesla owners claimed that there were problems of reduced mileage and charging speed after the upgrade.

Tesla also said in a statement: the probability of fire accidents of Tesla electric vehicles is obviously lower than that of gasoline vehicles. For such remarks to appear in the official statement, Tesla should give authoritative data and factual basis for investigation and analysis.

Netizens questioned: what does this statement mean? Tesla did a good job of burning under safe conditions this time. Should be praised?

Many netizens believe that Tesla did not express a word of apology, but is arrogant and insolent.

What level do you think of this official statement?

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