Tesla fits home chargers after brandincidenten [updated]

Posted on 11-01-2014 at 9:02 by MrBrown – 20 Comments”

Tesla is going to Americans with a home charger for the Model S free of charge a new adapter to be sent. There were at least six incidents where overheating caused a fire.

Not only the car, also the charger seems brandgevoelig. On the American Tesla forum reported several Model S drivers with the adapter home charger began to smolder or even in the flames flew. The U.s. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received a number of notifications. The fire department came to the conclusion that, in certain cases, an electrical fault arises in the charging system, but also the wiring in the house would, according to Tesla, the culprit may be.

In december spread of Tesla as a precaution already have a software update for the Model S, that in the event of possible overheating of the charging current by 25 percent by the screw. Despite the fact that the software update alone would have to be Tesla customers more certainty. The new adapters are equipped with a thermal sensor can detect when there is overheating taking place.

The operation is going to Tesla a few millions, both new and existing customers get the adapters. If and when the improved adapters in the Netherlands can be delivered is not yet known, this is the question that we currently outstanding with Tesla Europe. (via bloomberg.com)

UPDATE: Tesla has let us know that the adapter that is used in the US is different than that in Europe. The European adapters create less heat, and reduce the likelihood of overheating.

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