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True. But another Tesla burst into flames in Hong Kong: https://qz.com/1618627/a-parked-tesla-model-s-burst-into-flames-in-hong-kong/ https://qz.com/1618627/a

• kwhitefoot 7y ago
  Google returns 2.4M results for: Parked car burst into flames "mercedes" -tesla -bmw 1M for Parked car burst into flames "tesla" -mercedes -bmw 0.5M for Parked car burst into flames "bmw" -mercedes -tesla Unscientific I know but surely an indication that at least some parked cars do burst into flames. Not usually I'll grant you, but a bit more frequently than one might think.
• LeonM 7y ago
  > Parked gas cars don't usually burst into flames. Usually not, no. But every now and then, they do, just like electric cars. It's hard to say which type of vehicle burns down more often, the sample size is small and there are so many more petrol powered cars than electric powered cars. Electric and petrol powertrains have different failure modes. An electric car can fail while being parked, which is less likely to happen on petrol cars (and if so, it's usually caused by an electrical failure in the car). However, petrol powered cars have a higher chance of bursting into flames while in operation due to the compination of high temperature components and pressurised fuel being close to each other. A car (being petrol or electric) has a high density energy storage. Whenever that enegry can no longer be contained, bad things happen. Personally, I'd prefer my car burning down while being parked over bursting into flames when I'm driving it.