Photos of Crashed Tesla Electric Roadster in Junkyard (100 MPH crash)

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articles/012.shtml

by MikeCapone • 18 years ago

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raganwald• 18 years ago

I confess that schadenfreude overcame my better judgment and I upvoted this post. Bad raganwald! No cookie for you!!

petergroverman• 18 years ago

This is fantastic... what a find and what a sad sad day.

pchristensen• 18 years ago

Are those the batteries still in the trunk in the 2nd pic from the bottom?

shaunxcode• 18 years ago

My first thought was "man I wonder if there is a motor or battery packs I could salvage!?"

rudyfink• 18 years ago

I'm kind of in awe that there is such a specialized photo blog site.

leeskye• 18 years ago

The site has been around for quite some time. For us auto nuts, it showed us that those who can afford a supercar are not superhuman. And sometimes a good laugh (dependent on the story of the crash of course).

tlrobinson2• 18 years ago

Rule 34 seems to apply to non-porn too.

tlrobinson2• 18 years ago

"The accident was very serious, with the passenger being ejected upon impact."

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"So far, the Tesla has proven to be a fairly safe vehicle with none of the 3 crashes resulting in serious injuries."

Huh? Is ejecting the occupants upon a crash the accepted safety mechanism these days?

Seems like these guys were mostly lucky.

Three crashes out of the couple hundred vehicles that exist doesn't seem like a very good record...

jrockway• 18 years ago

Are any (non-race) cars designed to be safe at 100MPH?

But anyway, the car can't be blamed for any of the three accidents. They were all due to the driver not paying attention -- a problem in any car.

cstejerean• 18 years ago

Sometimes being ejected from the car is a good thing, depends largely on where you land. But anyone really concerned about safety shouldn't be driving 100mph. IIRC suddenly stopping at that speed has a chance of ripping your heart from its arteries and instantly killing you.

Photos of Crashed Tesla Electric Roadster in Junkyard (100 MPH crash)

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