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