[TexasGator]

“A Tesla wannabe?....................”

Almost 200,000 gas cars self-ignite in the US each year.

[Mears]

This was caused by another car.

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[M Kehoe]

Yep.

Saw one today. Everybody was trying to put it out with water.

KIA crossover SUV I think.

Fire Department took care of it. Nasty smell.

5.56mm

[Red Badger]

This one was caused by another vehicle, a van, drove off with the hose still attached...................

[Fresh Wind]

Apparently you didn’t read the article.

[arrogantsob]

I don’t believe that.

[IYAS9YAS]

Almost 200,000 gas cars self-ignite in the US each year.

These stats show less than 200,000 total vehicle fires per year for several years (from 2009 to 2015). Prior to that, numbers were over 200,000 per year dating back to 1980 (which came in at over 450,000 car fires).

The numbers are not out of line, but the "self-ignite" part is debatable.

https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Fire-statistics-and-reports/Fire-statistics/Vehicle-fires/Highway-vehicle-fires