Posted on 04/19/2021 5:56:10 AM PDT by Red Badger
Two men killed after Tesla that may have been in autonomous driving or self driving mode didn’t adhere to a curve, slammed into a tree then burst into flames in the Woodlands, officials say. Firefighters say they had to call Tesla to figure out how to oust the blaze. @KPRC2
Investigators in Texas said they are looking into a fiery car crash, involving a Tesla vehicle, that killed two men.
The incident took place around 9 p.m. Saturday night in a town roughly 30 miles north of Houston and involved two men who were inside a 2019 Tesla S, according to Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman.
Neither was in the driver’s seat of the vehicle at the time of the crash, police said, as the model has an autopilot option. One of the victims was found in the front passenger seat and the other in the backseat.
The victims, ages 59 and 69, who have not been identified, dropped off their wives at a nearby house earlier that Saturday and told them they were going to take a ride in the Tesla, Herman told ABC News. The men were touting the electric car’s features, the constable said.
Investigators said that based on the evidence at the scene, it seems the car was going very fast when it lost control and landed more than 100 feet off the road. The car then exploded and firefighters spent four hours and over 30,000 gallons of water trying to drown the flames, Herman said.
Check out these photos…
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Tesla? Electric vehicles? Autonomous driving? No thanks,I’ll walk first.
Water isn’t the best choice for a lithium fire. It will keep it from spreading.
Doctor Fauci says that it’s a statistical fluke.
Next week he will shut down the country due to the Tesla public safety hazard.
Driverless cars.
Brainless owners.
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Brainless owners.
———the smartest one was driving, but was likely missing the “My owner is an Idiot “ software update. You know, the one where if no one is in the driver’s seat, IT DOESN’T MOVE.
Yeah. Tesla says the car must be in the drivers control....and fire departments need to have fogging chemicals as water will only prevent the fire from spreading
The pictures look like they’re from two different accident scenes.
What do you think they mean when they say a ‘high-rate’ of speed? 85 mph?
They won't say, will they .... ?
We have done extensive training on EV fires in the Fire Department, THey are super toxic and can burn for hours. They also have incredibly high voltages which can fry a firefighter if he snips the wrong cable.
An alternative to the Mile High Club, you think?
With no one driving, to me, 20 mph is a “high rate of speed...................
One was from when they pulled it out of the bushes...............
Tesla and others should be required to install FOAM extinguishers in every vehicle..............
One of the victims was found in the front passenger seat and the other in the backseat.
Forgive my ignorance.
Why did it explode?
What caused the fire? The exposure of the Lithium to air?
“Workin’ on our night moves...”
I read the news today, oh boy...............
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