Tesla Cybertruck prevented rescue of 3 victims in Piedmont car crash, authorities say
www.nbcbayarea.com
An investigation revealed police were unable to extinguish the flames of a Cybertruck after a crash in Piedmont, trapping three and resulting in their deaths

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/620960

This accident could be a scene in a horror movie.

I’m not a Tesla fan by any measure, but I edited the headline for this post. The original headline made it seem like a specific feature of the Cybertruck trapped the victims, but then the article explains it was really that the battery was burning so fiercely that the police just couldn’t free them. The deadly feature of the accident was the lithium battery, which is common to many makes and manufacturers of EVs.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    There was even that one announcement of some sort of internal breaker to prevent thermal runaway even in a damaged standard lithium ion battery.