Automotive: ‘Toxic’ Tesla Semi EV Closed Part of I-80 Indefinitely

Interstate 80 through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California has been shut down after an electric Tesla Semi left the road in the early hours of the morning. The truck’s immense battery pack and the crash site’s remoteness have made the fire difficult to fight, forcing California authorities to keep the arterial highway closed with no estimated reopening time.

According to a KCRA 3 newscast, the Tesla was traversing the Sierra Madre through Placer County when it left the road near Nyack, CA in unknown conditions around 3:13 a.m. on Monday. It’s unclear why the truck seemingly lost control.

EVs pollute the environment far more than ICE vehicles

Firefighters had to rotate on and off the scene, as the smoke coming from the wreckage was described by a California Highway Patrol official on the broadcast as “toxic.”

They had to wear full breathing apparatuses complete with O2 tanks to safely do their jobs, which is also why CalTrans and the CHP had established a half-mile perimeter to keep the public safe. That led to westbound traffic being diverted as far away as the Nevada state line.

A single EV fire puts a huge amount of pollution into the air, but the bigger environmental disaster caused by the Green New Scam is when tens of millions of large spent EV battery packs hit the landfills in the future because it is not economical to recycle them. And if they happen to catch fire while in the landfills, the environment disaster caused by the Green New Scam will be even greater.