Watch: Electric Mercedes Worth £50,000 Explodes After ‘Battery Fault’ – Destroying Two Cars Nearby
A security camera has captured the moment an electric Mercedes worth £50,000 exploded in Sheffield due to a suspected battery fault, destroying two other cars parked nearby and trapping the owner in his house: “I could have died.” The Mail has more.
This is the terrifying moment a suspected faulty battery caused an electric car to spontaneously burst into flames and explode.
James Musonda, 33, from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, has spoken of the “horrific” incident, saying he “could have died” had he been in the car – and told how his young daughter was just yards away in the house.
The blaze also destroyed two other cars nearby and part of the road itself.
Mr Musonda was woken by the loud explosion, thinking a tree had fallen on his home until he looked outside to see flames rising from his Mercedes EQA.
After checking on his wife and daughter, Mr Musonda rushed downstairs but was unable to leave because the fierce blaze engulfed the road.
Shocking footage shows the car was steadily smoking for a number of seconds before suddenly exploding – with a nearby fence and garden shed later catching fire.
Fire crews attended the scene until midday the next day – moving the car from the road to a nearby grass verge.
The father-of-one claims Mercedes is refusing to investigate because the car was leased through his company via the Tusker salary sacrifice car scheme.
The pensions consultant said: “It was horrific. I thought it was a tree that had fallen or something on the house – it was terrifying.
“When I realised it was my car I was screaming and hysterical. All I could see was flames when I opened the door.
“My daughter was in the house… I could have died if I was in that car.”
“We couldn’t get out the house because of the flames in front of the house. The fire brigade managed to get us out, but it kept making little explosions
“We’re very shaken up – if I see an electric car I stay well away from it.”
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Reminds me of people rushing out to get covid vaccines because the government told them it was the thing to do only to discover they got sicker not less or even got a serious medical condition from it.
I couldn’t muster much sympathy then and I can’t now either for the lemmings who trot out like zombies to get electric cars to help achieve net zero and save the planet.
Ditto.
They’re not doing it to save the planet, they’re doing it because it’s a great tax wheeze. Note his Mercedes was on a work leasing scheme. You don’t pay any income tax on the money towards the car lease, so it’s a big saving for higher rate tax payers. Companies like Tusker skim a nice profit out of it too. So rich people (pension consultants etc) get subsidised by taxes from everyone else. It’s all a grift. Few people would be dumb enough to actually spend £50,000 on one of these cars.
But not to worry, they are saving the planet, one lithium fuelled inferno at a time.
A bonfire of the vanities – except EVs are promoted by secular authorities as occasions of virtue.
Hardly news, I recognised the picture and the story says the fire happened at the end of February / beginning of March.
“…pensions consultant…”
Any small sympathy I might have had for this gentleman evaporated upon discovering his profession.
“My daughter was in the house… I could have died if I was in that car.”
Selflessness above and beyond.
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It would appear that this house was built sans back door. Very odd.
A quick search in YouTube returned this video showing how another Mercedes EV spontaneously exploded in an apartment building’s underground car park, destroying 140 cars and resulting in residents having to move to temporary accommodation.
Since ships have reportedly sunk due to similar occurrences, it is obvious that car manufacturers are not taking these reports seriously.
When will governments start banning these things?
There are countless videos of lithium battery fires, for example this one from the New York Fire Department.
There was another video some time ago of some poor guy carrying his bike battery in his hand, which started smoking just after he selected a floor after entering a lift. (The video was taken from the lift’s security camera.) By the time the lift reached the floor he selected, he was already dead from the toxic fumes. Not pretty.
More please.
I did feel sorry for the lady in the US who had her house burnt down by a Mercedes that was on loan to her while here own normal car was serviced and it was not even charging.
These unstable Noddy Cars are allowed on ferries and in the Channel Tunnel … as well as tunnels in the UK (ie Dartford). An exploding EV in any of those locations could kill hundreds of people.
The virtue-signalling idiots who are buying these dangerous vehicles are a menace to society.
I’d imagine that getting insurance for ferrying the milk floats across the sea must be becoming a tad more expensive due to the multiple losses caused by several ferries burning due to EV’s on board spontaneously combusting and, as more recently with the Morning Midas, sinking.
Mourning Midas, surely.