[사회]”The car door does not move and the flames do not ignite” … Because of the characteristics of Tesla electric vehicles?

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There was an accident in which a Tesla electric car caught fire in the underground parking lot of an apartment and the owner was killed.

The structure was difficult because the car door could not be opened from the outside and it turned out that the flame was rarely lit.

Which was the reason.

Reporter Park Hee-jae covered it.

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It is distorted so that the front of the vehicle cannot be seen in the smoky interior.

Debris is strewn all around him.

This is when a Tesla electric car collided with an apartment parking lot wall and caught fire.

The substitute driver in the driver’s seat escaped immediately after the accident, but the driver in the passenger seat was unable to escape.

Immediately after the accident, a member of the apartment staff pressed the button on the door several times, but it was useless and the door did not move even though rescuers mobilized hydraulic rescue equipment.

It was only possible to remove it after breaking the windshield.

[한정혁 / 서울 용산소방서 구조대장 : 차량이 충격으로 조수석 문이 심하게 압착이 돼 있는 상태에서 전개하는데 시간이 조금 지연이 된 것 같습니다.]

Experts who toured the scene of the accident explained what caused the door not to open as a feature of Tesla’s electronic handle.

It is a structure that cannot be opened to the outside at all when the power supply is cut off.

[김필수 / 대림대 자동차학과 교수 : 매립형 손잡이기 때문에 전기가 나가면 손잡이가 안 나옵니다. 바깥에 노출이 안 되니까 119대원들이 이거(차 문)를 뜯을 때 굉장히 힘듭니다.]

The lights didn’t go off easily either.

There was a running battery on the underside of the car, and it took over an hour to remove all the floor coverings.

The lithium ion batteries used in the vehicles also contributed to the fire.

[김필수 / 대림대학교 자동차학과 교수 : 리튬이온 배터리가 열이 많은데 압력이나 충격 이런 거 받으면 ‘열 폭주’ 현상이 생길 수가 있어요.]

While the surrogate driver left a statement that the vehicle was uncontrolled, it is not known whether it was caused by the ‘autopilot’ or the autonomous driving feature.

The police, who have been awarded a common seizure fund, plan to send the vehicle to the National Institute for Scientific Research for a comprehensive investigation.

This is YTN Park Hee-jae.

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