Keerthi Pandian's Tweet About Neighbour's EV Car Catching Fire Viral

Tamil actress Keerthi Pandian is basking in the glory of her recently-released film, Kannagi. It hit the theatres on December 15, 2023. Recently, she was rattled by an incident that took place in the vicinity of her residence. An electric vehicle (EV), belonging to Keerthi’s neighbour, caught fire and was completely engulfed in flames. Her neighbour tweeted a picture of his EV, engulfed in flames, and tagged MG Motors. He questioned whether EVs were safe and why they were not responding to his mails. The man named Saravanakumar has said in the tweet that he bought a MG ZS EV car only six weeks ago. It cost him Rs 26.61 lakh. He parked this car in the parking lot in front of the house and it unexpectedly burst into flames. Keerthi retweeted her neighbour’s post and added, “This is my neighbour Saravanakumar’s car. He has little children and elders at home. What if they were around when this happened!?? This is so freaking dangerous. You need to be responsible in at least dealing with a disaster like this and responding!!”

Even though they are theoretically uncommon, electric car fires frequently garner a lot of attention when they do happen. The main cause of these occurrences is the high energy density of battery packs seen in electric vehicles, which have a lot of energy stored in a small amount of area. An internal short circuit caused by damage to the battery pack may set off a series of events known as thermal runaway. The battery produces more heat than it can release throughout this process, which can result in a fire.

Keerthi is awaiting the release of her film Blue Star, which will hit theatres in 2024. Regardless of whether Blue Star does well at the box office or not, it will be a milestone film in her career. Why? It is because it was during filming Blue Star that she met her husband, actor Ashok Selvan. The duo fell in love while filming Blue Star and got married in September of this year.