battery fires

Vehicles catching on fire is not a new phenomenon. Firefighters do say, however, that fires from electric vehicles are much harder to put out than those of cars with internal combustion engines. What Happened: On Saturday, a Twitter user posted a video of a Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) engulfed in...

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk says he has no idea how well his electric car will sell in China; calling the country a “wild card.” However, since the Chinese have an appetite for large luxury cars -- and since the country suffers from high air pollution, an incentive for the government to...

Is a full-size, battery-powered pickup truck even possible? Apparently Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk thinks so. Musk said Tuesday that he would like to have a vehicle to compete with Ford (NYSE: F)’s F150 in about five years. According to CNN Money, after appearing at Business Insider’s...