On June 16, I plugged the car in before going to bed. In the morning of June 17, I woke up and unplugged the car. Later that morning, I set out to run some errands. I drove about 12 miles that morning before returning back home and parking the car back in the garage, leaving the garage door open.<\/em><\/p>\n As I was doing things at home, I heard pops coming from the garage. I decided to go see where the\u00a0sounds were coming from, and upon\u00a0walking into the garage,\u00a0I faced a thick wall of smoke. My thought immediately was, \u2018When there is smoke there is fire,\u2019 and I need to get the car out of the house garage.<\/em><\/p>\n Fortunately, he was able to get the car out of the garage and onto the street, so though the fire ended up burning his car to a crisp, his home and all inside it was fortunately safe.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what he describes as happening next:<\/p>\n I went back to the house to get my phone and also noticed that all the smoke in the garage now had filled my entire house because the A\/C unit is right next to the garage door. While I was trying to ventilate my house from the smoke I called Jaguar roadside assistance to have them come get the car.<\/em><\/p>\n When I ended the conversation with them there were more pops, but this time it was followed by fire from under the car. I then called 911 to come help with the situation. But\u00a0this was not a slow burn, once the fire started there were multiple pops, and the car was just\u00a0engulfed in flames rapidly.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Watch the video here:<\/p>\n Florida man\u2019s electric Jaguar spontaneously erupts into a blazing inferno\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/AUmFmx7nDf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Missy Crane (@minnermoos)\u00a0August 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here\u2019s the aftermath:<\/p>\n That was the fourth random fire of the Jaguar I-Pace, so though the unprovoked fires aren\u2019t super common (there are about 50,000 I-Pace Jaguars on the road), it is somewhat odd that they keep happening.<\/p>\n Yet worse for the EV industry is that the issue isn\u2019t a new one. The same thing happened to the Chevy Bolt EV, as Electrek reported,\u00a0saying<\/a><\/p>\n :<\/p>\n Where EV fires require attention is when the electric vehicle\u2019s battery pack catches on fire by itself without any accident or clear external factors, like what appears to be the case with Salazar\u2019s I-Pace.<\/em><\/p>\n It\u2019s also what happened with the Chevy Bolt EV. Several fires started when the electric cars were just being parked or charging raised questions about the vehicle\u2019s battery pack, later resulting in a defect found in the LG Chem battery cells used to make those packs.<\/em><\/p>\n Chevy and Hyundai \u2013 who also used LG Chem cells in the Kona EV \u2013 both ended up making massive recalls over the issue. In the case of the former, it took a lot of pressure, including a lot of reporting from Electrek, to\u00a0finally replace the battery modules<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/breakingnewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-33.png\")
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