Tesla Totaled In Colossal Collision - LotusTalk

SCamper · 10-22-2009, 03:15 PM

Just saw this. Hope the drivers are ok.

Tesla Totaled In Colossal Collision | Autopia | Wired.com

- Alex

Seb · 10-22-2009, 03:17 PM

Looks to me like the Tesla was the innocent vehicle in all that. It also looks like the cockpit is fairly intact, so hopefully everyone escaped unscathed.

Mr. Know · 10-22-2009, 03:38 PM

Yup, looks like the Tesla was rearended by the Prius looking thing behind it. Not sure how to explain the SUV on the roof though...

Anyone notice the familiar can of fix-a-flat???

milehitom · 10-22-2009, 03:42 PM

I'd guess the Tesla was in the middle, since its front end and rear end were damaged. But, just like our cars, the cockpit looks remarkably intact. I can imagine the Tesla wedging under the VW and popping it up. If that's the case, that Prius had to be flying.

What are the odds of a hybrid hitting a full electric into a combustion vehicle? They're just missing a coal train and the Hindenburg.

Tom

Randy Chase · 10-22-2009, 03:46 PM

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The Tesla was the innocent party in a 3 car pile-up at some roadworks near our vacation home in Denmark The car that initiated the collision (not shown in this shot) was a, very much shortened, Toyota Avensis. Nobody was seriously hurt, as far as I could tell.

Southernguy · 10-22-2009, 03:47 PM

The Prius looks like it hit the Telsa and then the Telsa rear ended the Toureg towards the driver's rear causing the SUV to be pivoted like it is in the pic. Notice the piece of the Tesla between the rear bumper skin and the muffler of the SUV.

apk919 · 10-22-2009, 03:49 PM

Is that the standard Lotus can of fix-a-flat on the ground behind the LR wheel of the Tesla?

And of course, I hope all involved are OK...

ewalberg · 10-22-2009, 03:54 PM

THAT is why a dedicated full width roll structure is important. However rare. If it weren't a targa, things could have been MUCH worse for the tesla if there were passengers.

Frank Amoroso · 10-22-2009, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by milehitom

What are the odds of a hybrid hitting a full electric into a combustion vehicle? They're just missing a coal train and the Hindenburg.

Tom

Don't forget a Honda FCX in there too. Assuming it all hapened on the grounds at 3 Mile Island, that'd be something indeed.

A micrcoburst storm caused a large tree branch to fall in Boulder this past summer. The branch hit two cars. They were both Pry-us-es (Top Gear pronunciation). They were both the same color... which was green. Welcome to Boulder.

Hope everone is ok in the accident. It doesn't look pleasant.

Flash G · 10-22-2009, 04:54 PM

Wow!

The tires on the Tesla look bald, don't they?

Dracoleb · 10-22-2009, 04:56 PM

It's amazing how well the driver's cell holds up in these things while the remainder of the car just falls apart. All that smashed carbon fiber!

apk919 · 10-22-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Flash G

Wow!

The tires on the Tesla look bald, don't they?

Instantaneous torque will do that...

Flash G · 10-22-2009, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by apk919

Instantaneous torque will do that...

True!!

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Seb · 10-22-2009, 05:42 PM

V-TEC kicked in, yo

def · 10-22-2009, 11:00 PM

Yikes!! Glad to hear the driver walked away with minor injuries. Not much any driver could do to avoid that one..

MadMan Markiss · 10-23-2009, 12:05 AM

Well it definitely could have been a lot worse. At least the driver is still alive.

It's not real nice to laugh at someone else's misfortune, but I think in this case the misfortune belongs to the squirrel. Thought this was a tad amusing:

MHC · 10-27-2009, 05:45 AM

Here is the whole story:

Tesla Rear-Ended by Prius in Denmark, Pushed Under SUV : TreeHugger

apk919 · 10-27-2009, 06:09 AM

As someone on another forum wondered: if the Touareg was a TDI running on biodiesel, it was surely the most environmentally friendly collision ever.

MightyMike · 10-27-2009, 06:27 AM

Where are all of the laptop batteries!? Doesn't the Tesla have nested everywhere?

MyFutureSelfnMe · 10-27-2009, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by MightyMike

Where are all of the laptop batteries!? Doesn't the Tesla have nested everywhere?

Copenhagen's ThinkPad users looted the scene before the cameraman got there

10-22-2009, 03:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
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10-22-2009, 03:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Seb <3 QR25DE Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 750	Looks to me like the Tesla was the innocent vehicle in all that. It also looks like the cockpit is fairly intact, so hopefully everyone escaped unscathed.

10-22-2009, 03:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
milehitom Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 3,143	I'd guess the Tesla was in the middle, since its front end and rear end were damaged. But, just like our cars, the cockpit looks remarkably intact. I can imagine the Tesla wedging under the VW and popping it up. If that's the case, that Prius had to be flying. What are the odds of a hybrid hitting a full electric into a combustion vehicle? They're just missing a coal train and the Hindenburg. Tom

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Southernguy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 112	The Prius looks like it hit the Telsa and then the Telsa rear ended the Toureg towards the driver's rear causing the SUV to be pivoted like it is in the pic. Notice the piece of the Tesla between the rear bumper skin and the muffler of the SUV.

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10-22-2009, 04:56 PM	#11 (permalink)
Dracoleb Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 25	It's amazing how well the driver's cell holds up in these things while the remainder of the car just falls apart. All that smashed carbon fiber!

10-22-2009, 05:42 PM	#14 (permalink)
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