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Tesla Supercharger At Parsippany Wawa Goes Up In Flames Tesla Supercharger At Parsippany Wawa Goes Up In Flames
Tesla Supercharger At Parsippany Wawa Goes Up In Flames A Tesla Supercharger station that caught fire caused a smokey scene at the Parsippany Wawa. A neighbor across from the New Road gas station called the local fire department and store employees after noticing the flames Sunday, CNBC reports. Parsippany-Troy Hills Fire Department District 5 worker Matthew Palmeiri told Automotive News that the JCP&L was having a problem with a transformer next to the Supercharger, which is what sparked the fire -- not the Supercharger itself. Tesla was having an issue with its cabinet when the station went up in flames Sunday, a Wawa spokesperson told CN…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Sudden Paramus Tesla Acceleration Is 4th Reported U.S. Incident In 2018 Sudden Paramus Tesla Acceleration Is 4th Reported U.S. Incident In 2018
Sudden Paramus Tesla Acceleration Is 4th Reported U.S. Incident In 2018 A Paramus Tesla driver's report of sudden and unprompted acceleration while trying to park is fourth in a series of similar complaints made in 2018 alone. On Friday just before 5 p.m., the driver was trying to park his Model S at The Christmas Tree Shops when the vehicle sped up, striking two parked cars in the process, according to police reports. The incident comes in the wake of several other notably similar complaints submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 2018 alone, in which Tesla drivers report unprompted acceleration of their vehicles, Consumer Affairs re…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: Police Release More Info On Body Found Near Paramus Home Depot UPDATE: Police Release More Info On Body Found Near Paramus Home Depot
Update: Police Release More Info On Body Found Near Paramus Home Depot The body found partially submerged in a brook near Home Depot in Paramus Wednesday has been identified as a 49-year-old man from Bergen County, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The cause of death was suicide, Ehrenberg said. The body was found around 2:30 p.m. when Tesla employees went out for a smoke, he said.

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by Cecilia Levine
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Man's Body Found Near Paramus Home Depot, Suicide Suspected Man's Body Found Near Paramus Home Depot, Suicide Suspected
Man's Body Found Near Paramus Home Depot, Suicide Suspected PARAMUS, N.J. -- The body of a middle-aged man was found partially submerged Wednesday in a brook near the Home Depot in Paramus. Police suspected suicide. UPDATE: Paramus Police Release More On Body Found Near Home Depot Tesla employees who went out for a smoke on the sunny, 60-degree afternoon found the body and called police. Responding officers at the site off northbound Route 17 were checking vehicles that may have belonged to the victim.

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by Cecilia Levine