Tesla electric car catches fire after hitting tow truck in Moscow

Tesla electric car catches fire after hitting tow truck in Moscow

By / Technology / Monday, 12 August 2019 04:00

A Tesla Model 3 electric car caught fire after crashing into a parked tow truck on a Moscow motorway late on Saturday, with the Tesla driver saying he had failed to see the vehicle with which he collided.

Asked in a video published on REN TV website if he was using an Autopilot self-driving system, driver Alexei Tretyakov said he was in a drive assistance mode in which he was still holding the steering wheel.

 

Read more at Reuters.

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