A Wisconsin couple riding in a Tesla Model S died last year after it crashed into a tree and burst into flames . Their family is now suing the electric car company , alleging the vehicle lost "low-voltage electrical power," which rendered the rear door buttons "useless" and trapped them both inside.

"Jeffrey Bauer and Michelle Bauer did not die from the crash," lawyers for the couple's family state in their legal complaint , which was filed last week in Dane County Circuit Court. "They died because defendant Tesla's unreasonably dangerous design choices created the conditions for a fire to ignite and spread rapidly and left them with no practical means of escape."

The Bauers were among a group of five people killed in the car crash in November 2024 when the 2016 Tesla Model S they were p

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