Tesla Semi Truck Accident and Fire on US Interstate 80

TapTechNews August 25th news, at 3:13 a.m. local time on Friday, a Tesla Semi truck had an accident on Interstate 80 in the United States and then caught fire, and the vehicle was burned. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate the accident to understand relevant information about the lithium-ion battery fire.

The cause of the accident and the cause of the fire are currently unclear. The accident location is near Nyack, close to the Sierra Nevada. According to TapTechNews, traditional internal combustion engine trucks usually rely on engine braking when going downhill, while the Tesla Semi can recover energy through kinetic energy recycling.

What is currently certain is that the Semi truck first had an accident and then caught fire, and the accident led to the highway being closed for several hours.

Since the information about the accident is very limited, the NTSB will send an investigation team to find out the details of the accident. According to Bloomberg, the committee will cooperate with the California Highway Patrol to complete the investigation.