Photos of Crashed Tesla Electric Roadster in Junkyard (100 MPH crash)

[MikeCapone]

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/articles/012.shtml

[rudyfink]

I'm kind of in awe that there is such a specialized photo blog site.

[leeskye → rudyfink]

The site has been around for quite some time. For us auto nuts, it showed us that those who can afford a supercar are not superhuman. And sometimes a good laugh (dependent on the story of the crash of course).

[tlrobinson → rudyfink]

Rule 34 seems to apply to non-porn too.

[shaunxcode]

My first thought was "man I wonder if there is a motor or battery packs I could salvage!?"

[tlrobinson]

"The accident was very serious, with the passenger being ejected upon impact."

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"So far, the Tesla has proven to be a fairly safe vehicle with none of the 3 crashes resulting in serious injuries."

Huh? Is ejecting the occupants upon a crash the accepted safety mechanism these days?

Seems like these guys were mostly lucky.

Three crashes out of the couple hundred vehicles that exist doesn't seem like a very good record...

[jrockway → tlrobinson]

Are any (non-race) cars designed to be safe at 100MPH?

But anyway, the car can't be blamed for any of the three accidents. They were all due to the driver not paying attention -- a problem in any car.

[cstejerean → tlrobinson]

Sometimes being ejected from the car is a good thing, depends largely on where you land. But anyone really concerned about safety shouldn't be driving 100mph. IIRC suddenly stopping at that speed has a chance of ripping your heart from its arteries and instantly killing you.

[raganwald]

I confess that schadenfreude overcame my better judgment and I upvoted this post. Bad raganwald! No cookie for you!!

[pchristensen]

Are those the batteries still in the trunk in the 2nd pic from the bottom?

[petergroverman]

This is fantastic... what a find and what a sad sad day.