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EVs are not just dangerous because they can glitch and go out of control but also because they can spontaneously combust.

Electric-powered Tesla and Volvo destroyed in Washtenaw County garage fire

Crews from the Scio Township and Dexter fire departments were called to the 3900 block of Prospect Court in Ann Arbor around 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 3, for a report of a house fire. When crews arrived, they found an attached garage and two cars on fire.

Homeowner Marvin Boluyt, 70, had been cooking eggs in his kitchen when he saw white smoke coming from the side of the house.

“It didn’t look like much,” said Boluyt, who has lived at the home since 1984.

Boluyt, his wife, and his dog were able to safely leave the house. By the time they did so, the fire was “going like crazy,” Boluyt said.

“That fire took off so fast I couldn’t believe it,” he said.

Boluyt had recently unplugged a Tesla vehicle from his home charger and plugged in an electric Volvo vehicle, said Andrew Houde, chief of the Scio Township Fire Department. It is unclear if the charger was the cause of the fire, but both vehicles were destroyed.

The article seems to indicate that the fire began either from the charger or the Volvo but this does not explain how the Teslas batteries caught fire as well. Nor how the Tesla suffered extensively more damage than the Volvo PHEV. Based on the sheer damage to the Tesla, the lack of any combustion of the gasoline in the Volvo, the fire began in the Tesla as it just completed its charge cycle.
Also the location of Volvos batteries for this model is in the middle but most of the damage to the Volvo is in the front of the vehicle where the combustion engine is.

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https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/01/electric-powered-tesla-and-volvo-destroyed-in-washtenaw-county-garage-fire.html