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Interstate 80 closed after electric big rig catches fire in Placer County, releases toxic cloud
KCRA 3 (Sacramento) ^ | 8:46 AM PDT Aug 19, 2024 | Eric Schucht

Posted on 08/19/2024 9:40:49 AM PDT by hillarys cankles

EMIGRANT GAP, Calif. — Parts of Interstate 80 in Placer County are closed Monday morning after an electric big rig caught fire east of Nyack, the California Highway Patrol said.

Drivers are being kept off the interstate for at least half a mile in both directions because the Tesla truck's battery was on fire, said Jason Lyman, a CHP spokesperson. The toxic fumes are an inhalation danger, he said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: automotive; california; climatechange; electric; ev; evbatteries; evmandate; fire; netzero; truck
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To: Openurmind

The government subsidized and funded quite a few private trucking company ventures for testing. A few self driving trucks also,

Trucking Company , Lets let Mikey drive it


21 posted on 08/19/2024 10:04:25 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: noiseman

and all your Emergency vehicles will also be EV and may not make it to the disaster


22 posted on 08/19/2024 10:05:50 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: hillarys cankles

Yes, I heard reports this morning. Around 6:20 a.m. Pacific they closed I-80 both ways to commercial traffic. Last report is they are still letting non-commercial traffic through. Wonder if this will be a repeat of the I-40 fire a couple of weeks ago that closed the freeway for several days.


23 posted on 08/19/2024 10:09:34 AM PDT by Reno89519 (“We believe in the collective” — Communist Gun Grabbing Harris & Stolen Valor Timmy "Tampon" Walz.)
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To: butlerweave

“Trucking Company , Lets let Mikey drive it.”

Whoa... Deja vu. We had a real winner dispatcher named Mikey. The backwoods owner hired him from the McDonald’s across the street from the main office because “he is good with computers”. Meal #1, meal #2, meal #3... lol

But the drivers were always saying that... “let Mikey drive it and see how he likes it”. He was a real idiot and had no clue what a truck was or what truck driving was about. He treated it like it was all a video game.


24 posted on 08/19/2024 10:13:48 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Freee-dame

UPS was testing fully electric big rigs probably 5 years ago. I saw one up close in the Dallas or Mesquite hub.


25 posted on 08/19/2024 10:15:45 AM PDT by Clay Moore (My pistol identifies as a cordless hole punch. )
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To: hillarys cankles
Actually, there may be more than one event underway.

Nevada: I80 WESTBOUND AT CALIFORNIA/NEVADA BORDER CLOSED TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES /FIND ALTERNATE ROUTE

Near Emigrant, west of Truckee, in addition or because of the truck, there is a fire at SR-20.

This Caltrans site is good, go to QuickMap options to select what you want to see. https://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/

For CalTrans cameras, this is better as they are live video: https://cwwp2.dot.ca.gov/vm/iframemap.htm

Nevada: https://www.nvroads.com/map

26 posted on 08/19/2024 10:20:51 AM PDT by Reno89519 (“We believe in the collective” — Communist Gun Grabbing Harris & Stolen Valor Timmy "Tampon" Walz.)
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To: hillarys cankles

It follows, that Electric Vehicles will be banned from all national forests and parks . . . and from wooden docks and piers . . . and from garages . . . and no closer than 100 yards to any pile of 20 or more leaves.

Also, Electric Vehicles will be banned from all highways during rush hour.


27 posted on 08/19/2024 10:26:15 AM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: hillarys cankles

How do diesel-electric subs manage?


28 posted on 08/19/2024 10:35:34 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: hillarys cankles

These toxic clouds will eventually become a daily occurrence on LA freeways as EV vehicles become more common in that venue.


29 posted on 08/19/2024 10:38:01 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: hillarys cankles

And not only that. That route is a huge tinderbox just waiting for a spark to start another massive wild fire.


30 posted on 08/19/2024 10:40:22 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Fresh Wind

FIREFIGHTERS HAVE THE HIGHEST RATE OF VARIOUS CANCERS THAN ANY OTHER PROFESSION.


31 posted on 08/19/2024 10:43:07 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: Reno89519

THERE REALLY IS NOT AN “ALTERNATE ROUTE”.


32 posted on 08/19/2024 10:44:49 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

Not many, US50 through South Lake Tahoe.


33 posted on 08/19/2024 10:46:33 AM PDT by Reno89519 (“We believe in the collective” — Communist Gun Grabbing Harris & Stolen Valor Timmy "Tampon" Walz.)
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To: hillarys cankles
Electric semi’s

Unsafe at any speed !?!

34 posted on 08/19/2024 10:49:41 AM PDT by OldHarbor (strained statutory arguments, appeals to inconsistent history, reliance on out-of-circuit authority)
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To: hillarys cankles

35 posted on 08/19/2024 10:53:01 AM PDT by Rio
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To: Reno89519

NOT exactly a SEMI-TRUCK friendly route.


36 posted on 08/19/2024 10:59:32 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ridesthemiles

No, definitely not! We go up that way in the spring to collect Morel mushrooms. Beautiful route, but just two-lane and mountainous curves.


37 posted on 08/19/2024 11:03:58 AM PDT by Reno89519 (“We believe in the collective” — Communist Gun Grabbing Harris & Stolen Valor Timmy "Tampon" Walz.)
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To: hillarys cankles

Interesting that it’s I80 - we just had I80 closed in Ohio last week because of an accident involving a truck carrying Sulfuric acid just west of Toledo. Road closure from the 1st accident caused at least 2 more follow-ons. All total 4 dead, multiple more injured. I think it was Thursday. I80 was shut down along that stretch for basically an entire day.


38 posted on 08/19/2024 11:19:59 AM PDT by reed13k
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To: hillarys cankles

Looks like we’re scaling up the size of our unquenchable fires now. Progress marches on. /s


39 posted on 08/19/2024 11:20:03 AM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: hillarys cankles

Burning Li-Ion batteries release hydrogen fluoride gas, very poisonous. If one of these monster 10,000 EV truck batteries starts to burn in downtown LA/SanFrancisco/Chicago/New York/Houston/Atlanta/... ... ..., you would have to close down everything in a mile radius.

On the other hand, CO2 really does help my garden grow.


40 posted on 08/19/2024 11:23:03 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, second of three generations.)
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