Tesla Megapack Falls Off Truck: Burns for Over 24 Hours on I-40

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  2. jaffles

    jaffles Medium Load Member

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    I guess Elon sees every fail as a win. Would have been great to be a bug on the screen of the driver, reckon his reaction would have been pricelass.
     
  3. TheLoadOut

    TheLoadOut Road Train Member

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    That thing slid off with ease, like an egg out of a frying pan
     
  4. Blu_Ogre

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    Could make a person wonder if that was a planned destructive test on the part of Tesla.
     
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  5. buzzarddriver

    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    Chains....we don't need no stinking chains.
     
  6. SmallPackage

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    Makes you wonder if that thing was already baking hot and melted the straps before it slid off.
     
  7. mjd4277

    mjd4277 Road Train Member

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    It’s amazing that battery pack didn’t trigger a wildfire where it fell and impacted.
     
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  8. Flat Earth Trucker

    Flat Earth Trucker Road Train Member

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    It did start a grass fire, but fire crews got a handle on it before things got too dicey.
     
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  9. OldeSkool

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    Those electric cars are quite a deal. No way to put it out just let it burn. Hopefully a Tesla factory never catches fire.
     
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  10. Blu_Ogre

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    Nikola has had it happen in the past.......
    Electric Semi Spontaneously Reignites Fire
     
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