FILE PHOTO: A Tesla logo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
May 16, 2019
(Reuters) – Electric carmaker Tesla Inc will update its battery software after a Tesla Model S caught fire in a parking lot in a Hong Kong shopping mall on Sunday, Electrek reported on Wednesday.
The company is “revising charge and thermal management settings on Model S and Model X vehicles” that would further ensure improved battery protection and longevity, Electrek reported http://bit.ly/2W9FNg8, citing a statement from the company.
The automaker will start to push the software update over-the-air to its entire fleet of Model S and Model X vehicles from Wednesday, the report said.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a Reuters request from comment.
The Hong Kong Model S fire comes three weeks after Tesla said it had sent a team to investigate a video on Chinese social media that showed a parked Tesla Model S car exploding in the commercial hub of Shanghai.
There have been at least 14 instances of Tesla cars catching fire since 2013, most of them following a crash.
(Reporting by Sathvik N in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)
