Mark
07-31-2008, 11:01 PM
Tesla #6 crash disturbs the sound of silence
by Thomas Ricker (http://www.engadget.com/bloggers/thomas-ricker/), posted Jul 29th 2008 at 4:55AM
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/volkovteslawreck3.jpg
The Tesla roadster goes from 0 to 60 in 3.9-seconds (by December (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/27/tesla-finally-finalized-its-single-speed-gearbox-on-track-for-c/) anyway) and costs $100,000 if you're lucky enough to get dibs on the 10 or so electric cars delivered so far. Come to find out, it also goes from 30 to 0 in a nausea-filled second when ground to a halt of twisted carbon-fiber beneath a Mercedes. The image above was snapped by Alex Volkov at the scene of a Friday evening accident in San Francisco. Of course, this isn't the first wrecked Tesla (http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/tesla-roadster-gets-wrecked-by-the-feds-in-the-name-of-safety/) we've seen. According to Fortune, ousted co-founder Martin Eberhard suffered further distress when his Tesla rear-ended a truck en route for delivery to Eberhard's home. While the cause of the new accident isn't official, a few eye-witnesses said that Tesla #6 -- driven and owned by an unidentified man -- had gone "unnoticed" as it went "bumper-to-bumper between the cars." Interestingly enough, the Tesla's air-bags (http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/telsa-sets-the-record-straight-roadster-has-airbags-okay/) never deployed. One thing seems obvious: we expect to see more crashes from the silent, ultra-low-profile Tesla street-racer as it attempts to compete for space on roads dominated by SUVs, Hummers, and Testosterone.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/tesla-6-crash-disturbs-the-sound-of-silence/
by Thomas Ricker (http://www.engadget.com/bloggers/thomas-ricker/), posted Jul 29th 2008 at 4:55AM
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/07/volkovteslawreck3.jpg
The Tesla roadster goes from 0 to 60 in 3.9-seconds (by December (http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/27/tesla-finally-finalized-its-single-speed-gearbox-on-track-for-c/) anyway) and costs $100,000 if you're lucky enough to get dibs on the 10 or so electric cars delivered so far. Come to find out, it also goes from 30 to 0 in a nausea-filled second when ground to a halt of twisted carbon-fiber beneath a Mercedes. The image above was snapped by Alex Volkov at the scene of a Friday evening accident in San Francisco. Of course, this isn't the first wrecked Tesla (http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/25/tesla-roadster-gets-wrecked-by-the-feds-in-the-name-of-safety/) we've seen. According to Fortune, ousted co-founder Martin Eberhard suffered further distress when his Tesla rear-ended a truck en route for delivery to Eberhard's home. While the cause of the new accident isn't official, a few eye-witnesses said that Tesla #6 -- driven and owned by an unidentified man -- had gone "unnoticed" as it went "bumper-to-bumper between the cars." Interestingly enough, the Tesla's air-bags (http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/01/telsa-sets-the-record-straight-roadster-has-airbags-okay/) never deployed. One thing seems obvious: we expect to see more crashes from the silent, ultra-low-profile Tesla street-racer as it attempts to compete for space on roads dominated by SUVs, Hummers, and Testosterone.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/29/tesla-6-crash-disturbs-the-sound-of-silence/