Sure looks like it.
Posted on 11/20/2020 8:38:01 AM PST by aimhigh
An Oregon man crashed a Tesla while going about 100 mph, destroying the vehicle, a power pole and starting a fire when some of the hundreds of batteries from the vehicle broke windows and landed in residences, police said. Dylan Milota was driving a 2019 Tesla S Tuesday night when he lost control, left the road and traveled more than 300 feet before stopping, according to Corvallis Police Lt. Ryan Eaton.
The car sheared off a power pole at the base, knocked down two trees and a telephone junction box, police said. Batteries tossed from the Tesla in the collision landed in a person’s lap and on a bed in a nearby residence, causing the bedding to ignite, police said. Police said hundreds of batteries used to power the vehicle were strewn around in the crash.
A tire ripped from the car also struck the siding of a nearby apartment building with such force that it ruptured the water pipes in the wall, destroying part of an apartment, police added.
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“..some of the HUNDREDS OF BATTERIES from the vehicle..”
On a side note, they must really protect the passengers well. :)
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Wonder if Musk might see a marketing angle in this story.
HAHAHA! Like an old Christmas tree light cord. Find the defective battery cell. :)
..and Tesla stock is up 20% ....
Wow, 7100 bomblets, er, cells...
But seriously, I wouldn’t have guessed those battery packs were constructed that way. Interesting.
Yup
1000s of them.
Should be labeled a weapon of Mass Destruction.
Oregon driver smashes “renewable” power vehicle while high on pot.
It’s an Oregon thing.
Teslas are powered mostly by coal and to a considerably lesser extent by nuclear power and a very small extent by hydro
Was he charged with assault with a battery?
Was he charged with assault with a battery?
God looks out for Children, fools and drunks.
Why, I don’t know.
If what ever he hit with the rear-driver’s door had just hit a foot or so further forward Karma would have taken care of this mess.
Silly me, when pot was legalized, I thought, “how much damage can people do going four miles an hour?”.
100 mph isn’t all that fast. Fess up. How many of you have hit that mark occasionally like on the expressway? you have to be a real doofus to drive in in an area where you can’t control it at that speed.
The real question is: “Is Oregon man taking over from Florida man?”
Sure looks like it.
Yes AA batteries
should just make thesehttps://images.app.goo.gl/UtZjjp9radkZJF5Q8
THOSE are NOT the type of batteries I pictured flying from the Tesla. Yikes! Where in the car are THOSE batteries contained??
Give the guy a break. He probably was doing the right thing and using auto pilot to sleep it off because he was drunk.
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