It took 50,000 gallons of water — and an air drop — to put out Tesla Semi battery fire Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s electric Semi truck in 2018 in Hawthorne. (Courtesy of Tesla) By Associated Press ...

50,000 gallons of water were needed to put out Tesla semi-truck fire that closed I-80, NTSB says The initial findings have been released from the National Transportation Safety Board investigation ...

California firefighters had to douse a flaming battery in a Tesla Semi with about 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish flames after a crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.