Telsa under-car videos of added underbody protection

[zerozero]

https://medium.com/p/544f35965a0d

We believe these changes will also help prevent a fire resulting from an extremely high speed impact that tears the wheels off the car, like the other Model S impact fire, which occurred last year in Mexico. This happened after the vehicle impacted a roundabout at 110 mph, shearing off 15 feet of concrete curbwall and tearing off the left front wheel, then smashing through an eight foot tall buttressed concrete wall on the other side of the road and tearing off the right front wheel, before crashing into a tree. The driver stepped out and walked away with no permanent injuries and a fire, again limited to the front section of the vehicle, started several minutes later. The underbody shields will help prevent a fire even in such a scenario.

 

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[tmonster]

Musk will prevail
the kid is on a mission
it ain't even about the money

 

[zerozero]

Musk will prevail
the kid is on a mission
it ain't even about the money

From the article it sounds like he was mad that two Tesla Model S fires got more media coverage than 200,000 gasoline car fires. But you're right... dude wasn't just upset about it, he went "let's fix it"

From the article:

We have tried every worst case debris impact we can think of, including hardened steel structures set in the ideal position for a piking event, essentially equivalent to driving a car at highway speed into a steel spear braced on the tarmac.

 

[tmonster]

From the article it sounds like he was mad that two Tesla Model S fires got more media coverage than 200,000 gasoline car fires. But you're right... dude wasn't just upset about it, he went "let's fix it"

From the article:

I have watched the last three earnings report/conference calls by TESLA and personally, until contradictory information comes out, I think he is the most ethical and visionary ceo in America, a true maven and one day he will get a Nobel peace prize. (remember this post)