Tesla Fire records information about Tesla car fires and other Tesla fire incidents that received news coverage.
Source: Tesla Fire: Digital record of Tesla fire incidents
sadly, doesn’;t seem to be a proper fires/distance driven metric, although:
“Inside EV reports on data released by Tesla, “According to the company, during the 2012-2021 period, there was roughly one Tesla vehicle fire for every 210 million miles traveled (compared to 205 million miles in 2012-2020 period). According to the NFPA, the national average for vehicle fires remains at the same level of one fire per 19 million miles traveled. The difference between Tesla and the average is 11:1, which is a big win not only for Tesla, but in general, for electric cars.”
To be fair, in comparing fires in electric vehicles to the combustion engine – combustion is a synonym for fire, Autoweek reports, “Researchers from insurance deal site Auto Insurance EZ compiled sales and accident data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the National Transportation Safety Board. The site found that hybrid vehicles had the most fires per 100,000 sales at 3474.5. There were 1529.9 fires per 100k for gas vehicles and just 25.1 fires per 100k sales for electric vehicles.”
