Tesla Model 3 catches fire after colliding with a parked truck in Moscow

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• A Tesla Model 3 electric car caught fire after crashing into a parked tow truck on a Moscow motorway late on Saturday. 
• Asked in a video published on REN TV website if he was using an Autopilot self-driving system, driver Alexei Tretyakov said he was in a drive assistance mode in which he was still holding the steering wheel.
• Tesla was not immediately available for a comment on the incident outside normal business hours.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Tesla Model 3 electric car caught fire after crashing into a parked tow truck on a Moscow motorway late on Saturday, with the Tesla driver saying he had failed to see the vehicle with which he collided.

Asked in a video published on REN TV website if he was using an Autopilot self-driving system, driver Alexei Tretyakov said he was in a drive assistance mode in which he was still holding the steering wheel.

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