Four people died due to fire in Tesla EV in France, investigation initiated

Recently, four people died due to a Tesla electric car recently caught fire in western France. This accident happened outside the city of Niort. According to Amar Ujala, it's heard that the car was moving at a very high speed and eventually lost control. The car collided with several road signs and later caught fire. There were 4 people in the car; the driver and three passengers in the car worked at a restaurant in Meili, a nearby place. By the time rescue teams reached the spot, everyone had died.

An investigation into the circumstances and cause of the accident that occurred on Saturday has been launched. According to various media reports, a judge was reported to have told the news agency, "An investigation has been opened to determine the cause and conditions of the fatal accident. An investigation during which expertise will be requested on the vehicle." This reportedly is not the first time a Tesla electric car has caught fire or made headlines for the wrong reasons. In fact, many reports have flowed in about Tesla cars catching fire in various instances in many countries around the world, even earlier. Also, the famous semi-autonomous driving assistance technology of the electric car maker-Autopilot has also been accused of glitching.

This has been found in several cases wherein the technology worked erratically, leading to serious accidents with occupants dying. Overall, Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk have been criticized several times for ignoring the safety aspects of the electric cars made by the automaker.

Tesla recently paid with the family of an engineer who died in a Tesla Model X crash in Silicon Valley in 2018. The arrangement allowed Tesla to avoid a lawsuit.

Tesla recalled more than 2 million vehicles in the United States and Canada in December of last year owing to safety concerns with the Autopilot software and a potential increase in crash risk.