Electric Semi Catches Fire During Rush Hour, Shuts Down I-880 South of Oakland for 10 Hours
No sooner do I get a chance to write a piece on a couple of Li-ion battery stories than a big EV-related one happens that very afternoon. I can't imagine what kind of mess this was for the folks trying to get home. Hayward looks to be about two-thirds of the way up the I-880 if you were heading north to Oakland from San Jose. So, yeah - this had some sincere traffic impacts. All lanes of Interstate 880 in Hayward are open Wednesday morning after an electric Tesla semitruck caught fire on the freeway during the Tuesday evening commute. According to the California Highway Patrol, the fire was first reported in the southbound direction of the freeway between Winton Avenue and the Highway 92 interchange around 5:35 p.m. Officials closed the freeway in both directions due to the potential risk of hazardous chemical smoke. And, man - what a fire. This catches the early stages, and then the…