The vehicle is based on Rosenbauer’s Concept Fire Truck (CFT), which has two batteries with a charge capacity of 100 kilowatt hours. This is the equivalent of around two hours’ operation, although it’ll come with an on-board diesel generator if it’s needed for longer.

The LAFD hasn’t confirmed how much the vehicle costs, but previous reports from Electrek — which originally cited the Menlo Park District as the first potential buyer of the vehicle — put it at around $6 million, which is no small investment.

It’s slated to hit the streets of Hollywood early next year, with LAFD chief Ralph Terrazas noting that the team is “looking forward to evaluation it in a real-world environment.” If it ticks all the boxes, you could expect to see more of these vehicles on the road not long after.

The driver reportedly had Autopilot engaged and was following closely behind a large SUV or truck. The lead vehicle changed lanes to move around a fire truck that was parked in the lane ahead. The Tesla driver claimed he was drinking coffee and eating a bagel and did not see the firetruck. When the lead vehicle changed lanes, the Model S accelerated. About .49 seconds before the crash, the vehicle detected a stationary object in the road and displayed a warning, but it was too late.

The vehicle’s Autopilot didn’t detect driver-applied steering wheel torque for the last three minutes and 41 seconds before the crash. And given the driver’s admitted distractions, NTSB says the driver was likely over-reliant on the vehicle’s driver assistance system.

Driver errors, Advanced Driver Assistance system Design, led to Jan. 22, 2018, Culver City, CA, highway crash, according to NTSB Highway Accident Brief 19/07 issued Wednesday; https://t.co/hozLB1zA7F pic.twitter.com/iyQNc2HdhT

— NTSB_Newsroom (@NTSB_Newsroom) September 4, 2019

According to Reuters, the Center for Auto Safety, a consumer watchdog group, said the NTSB report should prompt the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to “do its job and recall these vehicles … A vehicle that enables a driver to not pay attention, or fall asleep, while accelerating into a parked fire truck is defective and dangerous.” Engadget has reached out to Tesla for comment.

Tesla’s Autopilot was engaged in at least three fatal US crashes, two of which are still under investigation by the NTSB and NHTSA. Oddly enough, the January 2018 crash wasn’t the only time an admittedly distracted driver crashed into the back of a fire truck while using Autopilot. The system does issue “hands on warnings” and Tesla advises drivers to keep their hands on the wheel. But as others have pointed out, calling the driver assist features “Autopilot” may be a bit misleading.