NHTSA closes Tesla fire inquiry as Model S gets new battery shield

Model S vehicles built after March 5 have a new battery shield, Tesla said today. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)

March 28, 2014 05:00 AM

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly described the length of NHTSA's investigation of Model S fires, and had an incorrect date for the second Tesla Model S fire.

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