A Rivian R1T electrical pickup truck caught fireplace whereas charging at an Electrify America station in California yesterday.

The reason for the hearth is beneath investigation.

It’s necessary to understand that electrical autos are statistically much less more likely to catch on fireplace than gasoline-powered autos.

However electrical car fires can nonetheless occur, and generally they’re price noting as they’ve at instances been traced again to battery issues resulting in recollects, like within the case of the Chevy Bolt EV or, extra not too long ago, the Jaguar I-Tempo.

Now we be taught of a Rivian R1T electrical pickup truck catching on fireplace whereas charging at an Electrify America station in Mill Valley, California final evening.

A photograph of the aftermath was shared on Reddit (by way of Thewildkin):

Curiously, the battery pack doesn’t look like the issue right here, however the harm signifies that the hearth might have began across the cost port of the car, which is positioned on the entrance driver facet.

We contacted Rivian for a touch upon the scenario and the corporate says that it’s investigating the scenario:

“We’re conscious of the incident, and we’re conducting a full investigation. No one was harmed, and at the moment, it doesn’t seem that the car’s excessive voltage battery was concerned.”

We additionally contacted Electrify America, and we are going to replace the article if we get a response.

Electrek’s Take

Clearly, that is being investigated and we’re going to want extra particulars. It may very well be the connector that bought overheated. It may very well be an issue with the cost port. It may very well be a number of issues.

However a silver lining for Rivian is that regardless of what gave the impression to be a big fireplace on the car itself, it didn’t attain the battery pack. That’s pretty spectacular.

It’s not solely good for security, however it would additionally assist perceive what occurred with this car since it’s not burnt to a crisp.