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Hertz's Tesla Fire Sale Continues As Depreciation Costs Mount (insideevs.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And, after those people burned up inside one. just don’t get inside a Tesla either

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm all for hating on Tesla for legitimate issues, but the driver of that car crashed into a concrete pillar doing in excess of 120MPH, which probably has a lot more to do with why they died than anything else. Fires and being trapped inside mangled wreckage can happen with any vehicle, especially at speeds like that.

[–] towerful 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I felt like making a sarcastic comment about "all that extra safety tech".
But 120mph is pretty fucking ridiculous.
Except, that's a head on collision on a 60mph road.
So, I'm not sure how to feel.

Still don't think I'd get in a Tesla just on principle, tho

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

But 120mph is pretty fucking ridiculous. Except, that's a head on collision on a 60mph road.

Incorrect, for two reasons: 1, kinetic energy is proportional to the square of the speed. Twice as fast, quadruple the energy. 2, in a head-on collision, the crumple zones of both vehicles absorb the energy. I doubt the concrete pillar absorbed much.

The MythBusters did a nice episode on this.

[–] towerful 3 points 1 week ago

Huh.
Googling turned up this:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/329831/crash-simulation-on-mythbusters

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

We had a similar situation when Teslas were new here in Europe and a Model X crashed head on into the median on the autobahn at full speed (130km/h or 80mph).

The guy died because he didn't wear any seatbelt and was ejected from the car. The car looked horrendous but he would have survived if he wore a seatbelt.

Doesn't stop the media from printing "Tesla kills driver" for 2 weeks straight.