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Tesla Powerwall 2 battery recall in Australia over overheating/fire risk

S3 · · Tesla Energy · Australia

Record

CompanyTesla Energy
Categoryenergy storage
Typerecall
Date
Time of daynot documented
LocationAustralia
SeverityS3 (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
Source7NEWS

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Tesla recalled Powerwall 2 home battery units in Australia after reports of overheating leading to fire incidents.

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