Nikola Corp. says one of its battery-electric big rigs experienced a “thermal incident” Friday during a test on the cause of recent fires that prompted a recall.
The pre-production truck was undergoing “battery fire investigation and testing” at a facility near its Phoenix, Arizona, headquarters when it caught fire, Nikola said in an email. No one was injured and that the truck was outside when the fire happened.
A handful of Nikola’s trucks first caught fire in June after a thermal incident in one of the battery packs. The company ultimately identified a single component that it believes to be the cause of the fires, and it issued a recall and stop sale order in August.
