Tesla Semi Fire on I-880 Fuels Debate Over EV Truck Safety and Silicon Valley's Heavy-Duty Experience Gap
A Tesla Semi caught fire on Interstate 880 in Hayward, California, without any crash, shutting down southbound lanes for nearly ten hours and destroying the tractor. It marks the second time in just over two years that a single Tesla Semi has closed a major California highway for half a day, exposing a cultural divide between Silicon Valley and the century-old heavy-duty trucking industry.