Tesla exploded after an accident on the Moscow Ring Road

On the Moscow Ring Road on the evening of August 10, a Tesla electric car exploded and burned down, colliding with a tow truck before that. The incident was reported by the press service of the state traffic inspectorate in Moscow.

As a result of the accident, according to unofficial data, the owner of the car and his two children were injured. As follows from the TASS report , they were not in the car at the time of the explosion.

REN TV claims that Tesla was driving on autopilot. This information was confirmed to TJ by a friend of the driver. According to him, the driver during the trip "was distracted by the children."

• As of March 2019, more than 3.6 thousand electric vehicles are registered in Russia, of which more than 300 are Tesla brands. rapidly Sales of electric vehicles are growing .