Feds to probe Tesla fires

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Federal regulators announced Tuesday that they will investigate what caused three Tesla Model S plug-in electric vehicles to catch fire in six weeks.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on the company’s blog that Tesla had requested the investigation. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration did not confirm that, instead saying that the investigation was “prompted by recent incidents in Washington state and Tennessee that resulted in battery fires due to undercarriage strikes with roadway debris.”

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