ArticleBody:Firefighters recently resorted to breaking a Tesla’s window to free a 20-month-old child locked inside after one of the vehicle’s batteries died. The emergency rescue is the second of such incidents reported on this week by Arizona CBS news affiliate KPHO and reiterates the potential dangers of the EV company’s ongoing, under-addressed battery issues in extreme heat.
Tesla owners are supposed to receive three alert warnings before the small battery finally dies, the company’s service department reportedly confirmed that the grandmother never received them. After calling 911, firefighters apparently voiced their mounting frustrations over the continuing issue. “When they got here, the first thing they said to me was, ‘Ugh. It’s a Tesla. We can’t get in these cars,’” the woman said.