Although it is generally accepted that electric cars are prone to self-ignition, statistics show that a fire is more likely to break out on a gasoline-powered vehicle. Such a case happened to a BMW X1 that caught fire on the highway.

Data from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) at the Ministry of Transport say that a fire in a vehicle occurs every 30 million kilometers. In Tesla’s cars, a fire occurs every 330 million kilometers. The way the car is extinguished in a fire and the danger of a fire breaking out are something else.

Exactly one such situation was attended by the driver of the Tesla Model Y. He saw that there was smoke from the BMW X1 and thought that it was another member of the so-called rolling coal movements that deliberately rework a car to smoke more. However, a fire soon appeared from the floor of the vehicle, which the BMW driver did not notice. The Tesla driver immediately ran to the BMW and signaled him with a siren that he was in danger. Catching up with him, he managed to tell him: “Your car caught fire!”

The driver of the BMW stopped immediately and left the vehicle at the last minute. The flames soon engulfed the entire BMW, and Tesla’s camera recorded everything.