Posted on 01/02/2021 7:34:11 PM PST by TigerLikesRoosterNew
Police are investigating the fatal conflagration of a Tesla Model X that killed its owner and injured two others in an underground parking garage in Seoul.
The Model X crashed into the wall of the parking garage of an apartment complex in Yongsan District, central Seoul, then caught fire, on Wednesday. This led to the burning death of the car's owner, who was in the passenger seat.
The driver, who escaped with injuries, claimed “the car suddenly got out of control," raising the possibility of a sudden unintended acceleration as the cause of the accident, according to police.
It is unusual for a car slowly winding its way through a parking garage to suddenly smash into a wall and result in the death of a passenger. The police will ask the National Forensic Service to try to determine the cause of the accident.
Some experts asked about the case suggested that the Tesla’s autopilot function could have played a role.
“It is more likely that the car’s autopilot feature malfunctioned or the driver’s misunderstanding of the system caused the accident, instead of a sudden unintended acceleration,” said Kim Pil-soo, a professor at Daelim University College department of automotive engineering, who observed the accident site. “If the car was powered by an internal combustion engine, the fire could have been more easily extinguished. But since it was an electric car, it was harder to stop the fire.”
When an electric car battery catches fire, a so-called thermal runaway can occur in which chemical energy stored in the battery is converted into thermal energy and may result in explosions.
Kim said that Model X’s falcon wing doors — which open upwards — and automatic pop-up door handles may have been obstacles in rescuing the owner in the passenger seat.
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The car became self aware and committed suicide.
Uh,duh..I’ll stick to gas powered vehicle.
I guess the driver was the “Seoul” survivor...
Lots of YouTube vids of similar events by all types of vehicles.
Another covid death
It has bipolar disorder. It was on a downswing.
"conflagration"
Who died in the crash? The writing is very confusing.
pyrotechnic fire
Yes, because gasoline has never caught fire before.
I’m thinking that it may be entirely possible that’s the owner put an inexperienced person behind the wheel who was not aware that a Tesla can go from 0 to 60 faster than you can say “0 to 60”.
He could have floored it by mistake, and crashed that wall, and that was all she wrote.
When an electric car battery catches fire, a so-called thermal runaway can occur in which chemical energy stored in the battery is converted into thermal energy and may result in explosions.
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Tesla needs a feature to automatically eject the battery in the event of a crash. Sort of like the old Star Trek Next Generation Enterprise being able to eject the warp core.
A man on a passenger seat. He was the owner of car. He drank too much and called a designated driver who was driving him to his home.
Ehh, that’ll buff right out.
“Who died in the crash? The writing is very confusing.”
LOL!
This led to the burning death of the car’s owner, who was in the passenger seat.
A short in the control system, and all that torque applied in an instant?
Amazing what a little spilled kim-chi can do to solid state wiring.
Tesla acceleration from stopped or slow speeds is intoxicating. Electric motor torque is highest at 0 rpm, so these things really scoot off the line. My money is on the driver stuck his foot in it for fun, got moving a whole lot faster than he expected a whole lot quicker than he expected, and bad things happened.
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