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Re:Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflect... by cl8ton on Friday March 28, 2014 @10:40AM (#7487523)
Sounds plausible I Guess but I wonder how Tesla in this crash description circumvented Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion and the bodily damage the driver should have incurred on negative G's.
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Re:Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflect... by InclinedPlane on Friday March 28, 2014 @10:49AM (#7487586)
The longer something takes to slow down the less acceleration it experiences.
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Re:Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflect... by syncsynchalt on Friday March 28, 2014 @02:59PM (#7489248)
The Model S is a long car compared to the hatchbacks and mini sedans that we're getting used to. Maybe that has something to do with it.
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Re:Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflect... by lotsofmangos on Friday March 28, 2014 @11:06AM (#7487700)
This sounds as though the car took a while to stop, given the list of things it hit. The G forces won't have been that high.
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