Tesla, one of the world’s largest electric car companies, announced its electric truck called Semi in 2017. Deliveries of this truck, which like the brand’s other vehicles has a unique design and the potential to change all the balances in the sector, officially started in 2022.

Now news has come out that the Tesla Semi was involved in an accident. According to information from the US state of California, a Semi without a trailer crashed into trees.

Road closed for 16 hours after Tesla Semi catches fire

The vehicle crashed into trees Shortly afterwards it caught fire reported. This accident took place on that road for a very long time. remain closed for 16 hours caused. The reason for this was the attempts to get the fire in Semi under control.

Firefighters used Semi’s lithium-ion battery with thousands of gallons of water. battery They tried to cool it down and put out the fire. Hours later, the batteries were brought to safe temperatures and the vehicle was eventually transported to Tesla’s Gigafactory in Nevada.

While the driver of the truck was taken to the hospital, there is no information on the cause of the accident. driver fell asleep It may be possible, but it is not possible to say anything definitive until the investigation is completed. Let us say again that there is no trailer on it. Only Semi was involved in the accident and his own batteries had burned out. Because there was nothing flammable behind it, worse consequences were avoided.

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This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a Tesla vehicle’s battery burn out on such a large scale. Similar events have happened before. For example, 2022 saw a major breakthrough in the company’s massive energy storage space. Moreover, we’ve seen Tesla car batteries burn out many times.