Tesla Semi fire required 50,000 gallons of water to put out | Wilnesh News

A bicycle collision that occurred last month Tesla Semi-electric trucks required 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish the fire, according to one official, and planes overhead to dump retardant. preliminary report Friday from the National Transportation Safety Board.

The crash, which occurred on Interstate 80 west of Lake Tahoe, California, is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB said CAL-Fire’s efforts extinguished the flames, cooled the vehicle’s large battery, prevented it from reigniting and prevented the fire from spreading beyond the crash site.

According to the report, the Tesla truck was driven by an employee from a warehouse in Livermore, California to the company’s battery factory in Sparks, Nevada. The incident resulted in a partial closure of I-80 for 15 hours.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk first showed off the design of the Semi truck at a November 2017 event and promised it would be available in 2020. Production line facilities are under construction in Nevada.

“Preparations for the Semi factory continue and production is expected to begin in late 2025,” Tesla said in a statement. Season 2 Earnings report for July.

The NTSB report confirmed that Tesla’s driver-assistance systems, sold in the U.S. as Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (supervised), were not “functioning” at the time of the Semi crash and fire.

Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.

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