Tesla Semi Crash and Fire in California Draws US Safety Probe

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The US National Transportation Safety Board opened an investigation into the recent crash and fire of a Tesla Inc. Semi truck in what is believed to be the first probe involving the company’s electric big rig.

The Tesla Semi ran off the road on Interstate 80 near Emigrant Gap, California, around 3 a.m. Monday. No one was injured, but the vehicle caught fire and ignited nearby brush, closing the freeway in both directions for several hours.

Tesla makes the Semi at its factory near Reno, Nevada, and uses the vehicle to transport parts to its auto plant in the San Francisco Bay area. Though the Semi was first unveiled in November 2017, it’s still in pilot production almost seven years later.

The NTSB has long shown interest in electric-vehicle blazes involving lithium-ion batteries, in part because of the challenges emergency responders can have with extinguishing the fires.

(c) Washington Post

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