Tesla Crash May Have Triggered Battery Fire: Swiss Firefighters

Tesla Crash May Have Triggered Battery Fire: Swiss Firefighters
Robotic arms assemble Tesla's Model S sedans at the company's factory in Fremont, California, June 22, 2012. REUTERS/Noah Berger/File Photo
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ZURICH—Swiss firefighters said on Monday that the impact in a fatal accident involving a Tesla electric car may have set off a fire in the vehicle’s battery.

A 48-year-German driver died when his car hit the barrier in the central reservation of a motorway in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino, turned over and burst into flames.