Tesla Semi catches fire on I-880

vessenes

The article is confusing - at one point it says the truck left the road, hit a bunch of stuff and caught on fire. At another it says they don't know if it was a battery pack fire that spread. I'll be interested to read the final safety reports and see if this was just an unlucky crash or something really bad happened with all that lithium.

ortusdux

Are battery fires like this more damaging to the road surface vs a diesel fire?

fourseventy

Is there an article every time a Mack Truck catches on fire?

declan_roberts

You know a Tesla was involved in an accident because they always make it part of the headline.

pengaru

Wow, not much left of the semi - would love to see a photo of the metallic puddle it's presumably become...

dam_jackalopes

I worked at a "Semi" OEM where we were doing work on battery, hydrogen powered, etc. development as part of the SuperTruck effort and these events are what kept us up at night. Really glad the driver was able to get out. I suspect that we're going to socialize the costs for getting first responders prepared (in so much as we actually do try to get them prepared) for these type of events. As a concept, that's fine but it leaves a really bad taste in the mouth when you're doing that to the benefit of an actor like Tesla.

avgDev

Difficult to deal with an electric semi that is on fire. For cars we have baths. The fire from the batteries lasts hours, which is a huge issue for everyone else and the fire departments.

maxdo

Electrek is so boring , big news : clickbait vs statistic: Gasoline truck : From 2018 to 2022, large trucks accounted for an estimated 15,462 fires, 46 deaths, 102 injuries, and $416 million in property damage each year. That works out to roughly 40 large-truck fires a day. Overall, Gas cars ( regular size) , getting on fire more often vs electric cars.

sidcool

Electrek is a cesspool of bias. I'm not a fan of Musk, but electrek's irrational hatred is uncalled for