Tesla Model S Driver Walks Away From Monumental Lorry Smash
Even ignoring the potential for Autopilot preventing a crash, the Tesla Model S does a pretty damn good job of keeping you safe.
It has a five star rating in every National Highway Traffic Safety Administration category, and its roof was actually strong enough to break the equipment used to test its crush resistance. It’s that strength that probably saved the life of a Model S driver in Germany earlier in the week.
He was driving on a stretch of autobahn in Bruchsal at what’s been described by a local news outlet as “tremendous speed”, when he crashed into a stationary lorry. The impact was severe enough to leave the Model S lodged under the lorry’s trailer, but amazingly, the driver was able to leave the car and seek help, and was left with injuries that were serious but not life threatening.
Unlike the fatal Tesla crash reported in Indianapolis a few weeks ago, the batteries on this particular Model S did not ignite following the accident. The local fire department merely had to extract the car from under the lorry and remove it from the scene.
Source: Electrek
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Comments
Gosh! This is just…
SHOCKING!
Im sorry
This crash was Electrifying, hope no one was in shock.
Actually it is true. You could die because of the batteries
No one get the joke. Shocked me.
HA!
“its roof was actually strong enough to break the equipment used to test its crush resistance.” boi
Comment of the week
Brother?
Tesla - The nokia of cars
imagine that tesla was a volvo,the lorry has been squashed
Smashing news….
Smashing news….
If it was a volvo i bet the crash would have been worse for the truck driver
Tony Stark is starting to get a bit out of hand….
Were he using autopilot while crashed?
Is it considered as his fault since he hit the lorry from behind, or not since it was stationary on a highway??