Tesla ‘self-combusts’ into flames with black smoke billowing down street

This is the shocking moment a Tesla car ‘self-combusted’ on a residential street.

Eugenio Mereu watched the electric car blazing and billowing black smoke on the side of the street this morning, leaving him fearful the same could happen to his identical vehicle.

The 36-year-old said the fire was so strong he could hear it crackling from his house before he captured it on camera at 9.26am.

He added he couldn’t see anything that may have caused the fire, leaving him fearful that his Tesla could meet the same fate.

Mr Mereu’s car incidentally matches the one that now sits burnt out on the street as it is reportedly the ‘same car, same colour, same year.’

A look at the Tesla car whiuch ‘self-combusted’ on a residential street

Eugenio Mereu watched the burning car and filmed the footage

The London resident described the car as a Tesla Model Y, which reportedly has a starting price of around £44,990.

Police and three fire engines are said to have attended the scene on residential Perth Road, Ilford, north London.

It is not the first time a Tesla has ‘self-combusted’. In May this year another Tesla dramatically erupted in flames on a California highway after it began to ‘shake’.

Bishal Malla, of Elk Grove, was driving down Highway 99 near Cosumnes River Boulevard when he started to feel his electric vehicle begin to shake and thought he had a flat tire.

However, when he stopped to check, he was shocked to find smoke billowing out from under the car.

A website called Tesla Fire, documenting Elon Musk’s company’s flaming track record, claims 204 Tesla fires have been reported in the media.

The London man said regarding the fire: ‘There was a bit of a commotion and I went outside and it had caught on fire, completely. It looks like it’s self-combusted, it literally started a fire on its own.

‘It hadn’t been caused in a crash, it wasn’t particularly hot, there wasn’t anyone near it, it just self-combusted, catching fire a if there was some sort of malfunction.

‘It’s scary because I’ve actually got the exact same car, it’s slightly concerning that it could just catch fire, and a really strong fire.

‘I heard one person screaming and then you could actually hear the fire, making the crackling noise.

Mereu said ‘There was a bit of a commotion and I went outside and it had caught on fire, completely. It looks like it’s self-combusted, it literally started a fire on its own’

A wider look a the burning fumes that arose from the Tesla which set on fire

Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, gestures as he attends the Viva Technology conference

‘Imagine, I’ve got the same car, same colour, same year, everything brand new. I was like oh my God that’s concerning.

‘Imagine the owner not knowing, obviously they parked it overnight.

‘I think as well there’s some sort of safety feature on the vehicle where the bonnet opens automatically as a safety precaution in case anyone’s trapped inside.

‘Even more fire engines started coming, more police afterwards as well. Then they started tell people to go back indoors and move us on, to not cause a commotion or make it worse.’