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Re:Tesla crash after flying 82 feet in the air shows importa... by toomuchtodo on Saturday May 07, 2016 @05:24PM (#11651412)
1. You wouldn't be caught upside down in it. Tesla was unable to flip the Model X in testing [1] (I assume the Model S is even harder to flip). The advantages of having an extremely low center of gravity due to the battery pack (coming in at 1323 lbs).

2. Reinforced pillars. Their strength is such that they damaged the device used to test roof failures [2] (I believe the force the roof was subjected to was equivalent to 5 Model S' atop the test vehicle). I'm confident that in the extremely unlikely event the vehicle was upside down, you would walk away from the vehicle, roof intact.

3. A tweet describing the safety of Tesla vehicles: https://twitter.com/NickatFP/status/706845770486407168

[1] http://electrek.co/2016/03/07/tesla-flip-model-x-crash-tests...

[2] http://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/videos/a5238/watch-the-...

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Re:Tesla crash after flying 82 feet in the air shows importa... by userbinator on Saturday May 07, 2016 @10:38PM (#11652362)
I believe the force the roof was subjected to was equivalent to 5 Model S' atop the test vehicle

Tesla should start doing ads like this:

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/19...

https://d37nk263jfz2p8.cloudfront.net/image/1/700/0/uploads/...

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Re:Tesla crash after flying 82 feet in the air shows importa... by m4x on Sunday May 08, 2016 @01:47AM (#11652800)
> You wouldn't be caught upside down in it. Tesla was unable to flip the Model X in testing

That doesn't mean you "wouldn't be caught upside down in it" unless it can literally flip itself back over after every possible roll.

I would still prefer to crash a Model S than any other car

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