Amazon also reports Tesla solar panels catching fire on roof
Walmart filed a lawsuit against Tesla last week, accusing it of shoddy panel installations that led to fires at several stores
26 August 2019 - 17:53
San Francisco/Seattle— Walmart is not the only corporation whose Tesla solar panels have caught fire.
On Friday, Amazon said a June 2018 blaze on the roof of one of its warehouses in Redlands, California, involved a solar panel system that Tesla’s SolarCity division had installed. The Seattle-based retail giant said by e-mail that it had since taken steps to protect its facilities and had no plans to install more Tesla systems...
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