Stolen Tesla Splits In Half and Explodes Following Police Pursuit

Posted by velodrome on Friday July 04, 2014 @03:16PM
from the losangeles.cbslocal.com dept.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/07/04/7-injured-after-tesla-crashes-into-west-hollywood-building-following-police-pursuit/

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Re:Stolen Tesla Splits In Half and Explodes Following Police... by feld on Friday July 04, 2014 @07:53PM (#7990600)

It did not explode. The scattered batteries burned. There was no explosion.

Stop with the stupid sensationalism.

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Re:Stolen Tesla Splits In Half and Explodes Following Police... by gasda on Friday July 04, 2014 @05:04PM (#7990206)

Why a high speed pursuit, can't the Tesla be remotely tracked and disabled?

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Re:Stolen Tesla Splits In Half and Explodes Following Police... by hashtag on Friday July 04, 2014 @05:55PM (#7990336)

This is disabled by default due to privacy reasons from what I understand. The company only have tracking and analytics enabled on their own cars (such as those tested by the press).

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Re:Stolen Tesla Splits In Half and Explodes Following Police... by coleca on Friday July 04, 2014 @07:29PM (#7990550)

Wasn't this stolen from a dealership? Surprised they wouldn't have it turned on before they sold the car.

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Re:Stolen Tesla Splits In Half and Explodes Following Police... by hashtag on Friday July 04, 2014 @07:39PM (#7990570)

I didn't see where it said anything about being stolen from a Tesla Store. Tesla doesn't sell through dealerships.

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Re:Stolen Tesla Splits In Half and Explodes Following Police... by simplemath on Friday July 04, 2014 @09:28PM (#7990759)

Sensationalist headline... this is not news. Any vehicle stands a significant chance of splitting in half and exploding in a collision at 100+ MPH

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