An editorial
(after the vehicle hit a tree at high speed and burst into flames)
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Why does it matter that the student was “wealthy”? That part of the headline seems like it has no relevance to the story.
This sounds like that Chinese guy who took a battery pack onto an elevator when it caught fire.
Burning lithium is a horrible way to go.
Not only does the Cybertruck have emergency manual latches but they are located exactly where the automatic latches are. Most everyone that drives a Tesla understands this. The door likely didn't open because it was crashed in. This is very sad but it's likely more attributable to cocaine and alcohol than anything else. Frivolous at best
https://x.com/stan4osu/status/1974986555178533344?t=eA_3L8P9Q4A1sYrIfD0BVA&s=19
[[Her parents have alleged that Tesla, run by Elon Musk, knew of the design flaw for years and could have fixed the problem but failed to do so]]
They are mind readers?
“The doors of the vehicle are battery powered and can fail if the vehicle loses power.”
I am not an expert but even I can see the above as a major design flaw that could lead to fatalities.
There was a famous case of an old guy who got into his car and couldn't get out due to a dead battery. He and his pet dog died of heat stroke.
Had he read the owner's manual after he bought the car, he would have known there are manual door releases on each door sill.
I’m tempted to buy one, put in my front yard with a sign: “Stay tuned for future attractions!”
Oak tree, you're in my way...
White Punks On Dope !
Dixon’s autopsy also confirmed the presence of 180 nanograms of cocaine and 55 nanograms of methamphetamine per milliliter of blood at the time of the crash.
Daughter shouldn’t have being hanging around with a drunken dope fiend !
Sorry folks she fooled around and found out.
Was it a design flaw to drive fast into a tree?
Design flaw? Lots of people die in automobile accidents for reasons that could be attributed (mainly by negligence plaintiff attorneys) to “design flaws”. For example, a car with powered windows accidentally ends up in a body of water and the window opener’s power fails trapping the occupants in the sinking car. Design flaw?
I keep a window breaker in my glove box just in case. It seems like a pretty basic tool everyone should have.
As of 2023, 83 people had been killed in Tesla battery fires.
Only 27 people were burned to death in Ford Pinto fuel tank explosions.
It’s (regrettable but) understandable when a liquid hydrocarbon fuel catches fire in a crash and burns people to death. When an electrical storage battery does the same, ... not so much.
Gasoline can leak harmlessly. With a (Tesla’s) 400-amp storage battery, there’s no such thing as a “non-lethal” leak. Execution chamber electric chairs typically are 7 - 12 amps.