Re:Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever...
by iandanforth on Monday August 19, 2013 @08:46PM
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Favorite quote: "[T]he exact number is uncertain due to Model S breaking the testing machine"
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Re:Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever...
by ghayes on Monday August 19, 2013 @11:10PM
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My favorite was "While this is statistically unlikely to remain the case long term, Tesla is unaware of any Model S or Roadster occupant fatalities in any car ever."
Re:Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever...
by simonb on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @04:44AM
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There aren't that many on the road to begin with. To put this into perspective: during 1990-1994 there were 5 fatalities in Volvo 240s with 186000 cars on the road [http://www.iihs.org/externaldata/srdata/docs/sr3009.pdf]
Also the roof holding 4 additional cars, that's cute http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/v...
Re:Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever...
by bdt101 on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @04:07PM
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The test machine broke at 4, not the car.
Re:Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever...
by tlb on Monday August 19, 2013 @09:25PM
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They picked a wimpy machine if it broke at 4x. Here's one that can apply 159 tons of force (about 80x the weight of a Tesla).
Re:Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever...
by moocowduckquack on Monday August 19, 2013 @09:38PM
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Correct me if I am wrong, but that doesn't look particularly like a calibrated testing machine.
Re:Tesla Model S achieves best safety rating of any car ever...
by bluefinity on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @12:03AM
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is the type of thing they use for crushing cars for scrap metal, not testing how much pressure it takes.