Despite the fact that Tesla closed its media relations division in 2020, Sacramento fire authorities released a statement reminding the public that high voltage battery fires emit toxic vapors. Additionally, as of Monday, there have been 168 confirmed cases of Tesla fires, with 50 resulting in fatalities, according to Tesla-fire.com. On the other hand, Tesla claims that gasoline-powered vehicles are 11 times more likely to catch fire compared to their vehicles and that their official count of Tesla fires is significantly lower than what is reported on Tesla-fire.com.
