In the Dutch city of Schiedam, a Tesla Model X electric car crashed into the 400-meter-long Korte Haven canal after the driver lost control of the car after shifting into the wrong gear. nestihl to react. The incident was reported on YouTube by the Flashphoto NL channel. An ambulance was quickly called to the sceneance, but the driver of the car refused any medical treatment. The whole incident happened on Monday. As can be seen in the photos, the car drove into the canal, floated on the surface for a while, then sank and at some point opened its Falcon Wing doors. The car was rescued from the canal with the help of a crane.
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This is not the first time that passersby have seen a “drowned” Tesla. A few weeks ago, a thief drove a Tesla Model S into a river in Langley, Canada. The case was very curious, as police said that thechatel left a large bag of onions on the front seat, which will serve as evidence. But the police came to an interesting conclusion here. The car allegedly swam to the shore of the town of Langley. Tesla cars are not very rewarding to steal because of GPS tracking. The thieves were floating the car on the river and probably did not know how to turn off the car tracking, so they deliberately threw it into the river.
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The CEO of Tesla himself Elon Musk in 2016, he posted on Twitter that Tesla could function as a boat for some time. According to Musk, the drivetrain, electronics, and batteries are completely sealed and will therefore survive a short encounter with water. So if you manage to drown a Tesla electric car, you don't have to worry about getting an electric shock, for example. The automatic opening of the doors, which we outlined in the first paragraph, is also interesting. They should open relatively quickly in a similar incident, which would de facto save the life of the crew. The shaken passengers would only have to unfasten their seat belts and swim away.
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This technological visionary has repeatedly stated that he is a fan of the concept of "floating" cars. His affection for such cars is also evidenced by his participation in an auction, where the Lotus Espirit from the James Bond film The Agent Who Loved Me was up for auction. He purchased the car in September 2013 for just under a million dollars. Musk did not hide his enthusiasm after the purchase, recalling the times when he watched James Bond as a child in South Africa and longed for his Lotus. The only flaw with his new car was that it did not turn into a submarine like in the film when you press a button. He then added that he would try to create a similar version of the vehicle with aonem Tesla.
Video of Tesla Model X in Schiedam, Netherlands
Do I throw it in the rice?
The Chinese will come and replace it. ?
How do you like speed in an electric car? That would really interest me.
Yes, the author meant "he chose the wrong driving mode" :-) just like it would be with any automatic :)
The brake is held, the right lever behind the steering wheel can be lowered, D will appear on the display and you can drive. In addition, Tesla does not even have higher levels of "shifting". It has a single-speed gearbox, so you are de facto driving in first gear 1 up to maybe 240 km/h. Only the electric motor spins faster and faster :)
P, R, N, D, instead of D you would put Rko and suddenly you would back up, the car in the photo looks as if it backed up there (considering how the cars are standing on the other bank, it probably turned its back to the river)
Maybe it was meant as if he had accidentally left it on drive instead of reverse :)
Adam Osoba 😂😂 it was clear that he would fall there sometime 😏
Good article, I'm glad that from time to time it's not all about Appif 👍🏽