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Nikola Big-Rig Truck Catches Fire During Testing

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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.