It was just about a week and a half ago that we
reported on
Walmart suing Tesla for defective solar panels that it alleges caused fires at seven of its locations. A few days later,
Amazon joined the fray. The retail giant also
claimed that its Tesla solar panels spontaneously ignited and said Tesla solar energy systems went up in flames at an Amazon warehouse in Redlands, California last June. Now, Amazon has stated that it has no further plans to buy solar energy systems from Tesla.
This has
predictably led to a deluge of homeowners filing lawsuits and questioning the safety of their installation, according to
Bloomberg.
It has also highlighted stories like David Burek's, who
noticed "charred wood and a burning smell in his attic, near his young sons' bedroom" last year. After he went up on his roof, he noticed a "melted connector wire" from the solar panels installed on his house. Firefighters would later tell him that flames had burned through his shingles, the roof
and a support beam. Burek got lucky when rain put the fire out for him.¹