When a Tesla Semi recently caught fire, closing a highway for 16 hours, 189,000 liters of water were needed to extinguish the fire.
When a fire broke out in a Tesla Semi back in August, the flames didn't just close a highway in California for 16 hours. It also cost 189,000 liters of water.
Therefore, a sea of motorists was also stuck in a cow, which began to pile up when the lorry went wrong at 03 a Monday.
At first it was not clear what caused the truck to catch fire. But now there is a report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
And here the authorities state that the driver's wobbly course caused the truck to go off the road, after which it hit two objects. A steel pole and a tree. It was only when the lorry was stationary between several remaining trees that it started to burn.
It was here that the local fire brigade had to spend between 14 and 15 hours – the motorway was closed in both directions for 16 hours – and as much as 189,000 liters of water, because they were convinced that there was no longer any danger.
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Heat-sensitive instruments indicated that the flames and thus the fire reached a maximum temperature of 540 degrees Celsius. According to Carscoop, that's more than enough to melt aluminum and more than four times the temperature requirement for fourth-degree burns.
The violent fires in electric cars are rare, but unfortunately not an unknown phenomenon. Here at home , an otherwise brand new Audi Q4 e-tron burned a family's house to the ground last year.
And just a few days ago, a German electric car owner managed to save his house from the flames by pushing the car onto the road.
In Greece, the authorities have even taken the precaution that no electric cars may board a ferry, unless they have less than 40 percent power left in the battery.
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