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A college student killed in a Tesla Cybertruck crash was trapped inside the vehicle as it burst into flames due to a design flaw involving its doors, a lawsuit has claimed. Krysta Michelle Tsukahara, a sophomore at Savannah College of Art and Design, was one of three who died in the accident in Piedmont, California, last November. Her parents have alleged that Tesla, run by Elon Musk, knew of the design flaw for years and could have fixed the problem but failed to do so. Krysta, 19, along with friends Soren Dixon, 19, who was driving, and Jack Nelson, 20,...

A 43-year-old man and two nine-year-old children have died after being ‘burned alive’ when they became trapped inside a Tesla. The car went up in flames on September 7 after it came off the road and crashed into a tree in western Germany, police said. The man, and the children, no further details, died at the scene. Another child inside the vehicle was able to get out alive and was taken to a nearby hospital. A local resident tried to rescue the others but was unable to open the door with the Tesla’s retractable handles, German media outlets report. Roman...

The federal government announced on Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into two recent battery fires in the Tesla Motors Model S sedan. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s decision came amid public speculation over the electric car’s safety and the battery pack’s design after reports of three fires in six weeks. Two of the fires occurred on American highways when the cars hit debris in the road. A third, in Mexico, took place after a high-speed crash into a wall and a tree. The drivers in all three incidents were unhurt. Tesla also said late on Monday that...