Move over, Citadel: Amazon has a new big bomb on the market, and it has nothing to do with any Prime Video series.
On Monday, a drone operator by the name of Third Coast Drone in Houston, Texas captured footage of an electric Amazon delivery van on fire at a nearby fulfillment centre. The Rivian-made van, which was parked at a charger, appeared to explode while firefighters attempted to put out the blaze.
In a statement to Gizmodo, an Amazon representative said it wouldn’t yet confirm the cause of the fire, instead noting that it’s working with “a third-party investigator and experts from Rivian to investigate.”
However, as Jalopnik pointed out, a similar issue happened with Rivian’s electric vans last year, with drivers of those vehicles reporting such problems in the comments when charging in high heat. (Houston, which is already a hot place to begin with, is currently going through a heat wave with temperatures reaching nearly 40 degrees Celsius.) EV chargers have also been attributed to fires in the past.
We’ll update this story should Amazon provide any more details.
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Image credit: Third Coast Drone
Via: Gizmodo
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