% Tesla-S 1, burning-ice 0 % http://5minutes.rtl.lu/grande-region/luxembourg/903363.html [French> translate.google> English] A car in smoke April 25, 2016 RTL
[image http://images.newmedia.lu/rtl2008.lu/nt/p/2016/04/25/18/f992a801d23e5ddc99c6393ee6ad0224.jpeg (crash) © NH / mobilereporter ] Syren-Contern Luxembourg A photograph that was sent to us by a mobilereporter. Few details were given about the circumstances of the accident that led to this quite impressive shot. All we know for now is that there was a collision between Contern and Syren around 15:00 and a car was in flames. More information to follow. [© 5minutes.rtl.lu] ... https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rue+de+Syren,+Contern,+Luxembourg/@49.570803,6.2057242,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x479546f9ff282c57:0x98ac476dbb402c62!5m1!1e4 (map) Syren-Contern Road, Luxembourg http://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-collision-luxembourg-leaves-ice-flames/ Tesla Model S Collision in Luxembourg Leaves ICE In Flames Apr 25, 2016 Steve Hanley ht2 Grant Gerke Reports coming from Luxembourg news outlet 5′ Minutes.lu indicate that a four-door compact vehicle was involved in a collision with a Tesla Model S shortly after 5pm local time in Contern, Luxembourg. The black compact – presumably a gasoline burning internal combustion engine vehicle that has collided into the side of the Model S (based on the published photo) – is seen engulfed in flames. No other information was made available by the local news outlet. Tesla has designed its cars to be safer than any other cars on the road made evident by its 5-Star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ... The Tesla Model S has also earned a 5-Star rating in the European NCAP safety testing program ... Elon Musk has publicly noted that in comparison to national statistics of one vehicle fire per 20 million miles driven, Tesla has had only one incident out of 100 million miles driven at the time of the 2013 battery fire incident. Tesla later released a titanium shield that fortified the under carriage of the vehicle and solved the issue. [© teslarati.com] http://www.autoevolution.com/news/tesla-model-s-and-ice-compact-crash-leaves-the-latter-in-smoke-and-flames-106896.html 26th April 2016 Vlad Mitrache [image http://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/news/tesla-model-s-and-ice-compact-crash-leaves-the-latter-in-smoke-and-flames-106896_1.jpeg ] Tesla Model S and ICE Compact Crash Leaves the Latter in Smoke and Flames ... Elon Musk, the company's CEO, has made it very clear that the Model S has earned top marks from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ... it's pretty clear the Tesla Model S is a safe car. Obviously, it all has to do with its powertrain. The absence of a large and heavy engine up front means that the engineers are free to design the crumple zones as efficiently as possible. It also means that in the case of a frontal collision, the risk of having the engine pushed towards the passenger cell is null. Then there's the battery pack which is located under the floor, providing the car with a very low center of gravity, excellent stability and a very high tolerance to flipping over. So much so, in fact, that the Model X SUV, for example, was deemed virtually impossible to roll over. Yesterday, around 15:00, the old and the new had a less friendly encounter on a road near Luxembourg. A red Tesla Model S and a yet unidentified black compact car (hard to tell the make and model when there are flames all over) were involved in a collision that ended with the vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine catching fire. The local website 5minutes.rtl.lu reported the accident, but didn't have other information regarding what (or who) caused it and whether everyone involved was alright. Judging by what we see in the picture, we'd say that either one or both vehicles were traveling dangerously close to the center of the road, if not beyond it, and they clipped each other as they went by. The wet road surface might have played a role, too. The extra weight of the Model S came in handy as it looks as though it remained on course, while the smaller compact was turned sideways. A fuel leak led to a fierce fire, but the open driver's door gives us hope that everyone got out of it OK. Plus, considering how close the cars remained after the crash, it's possible they weren't going all that fast. ... [© autoevolution.com] http://insideevs.com/crash-involving-tesla-model-s-and-gas-fueled-car-results-in-ice-vehicle-fire/ Crash Involving Tesla Model S And Gas-Fueled Car Results In ICE Vehicle Fire [Apr 25, 2016] ... electric cars, in general, are inherently safe. In fact, statistics shows that ICE cars are far more likely to catch fire following a collision than an electric car ... The accident occurred yesterday evening in Contern, Luxembourg. 5Minutes reports only the following (via Google Translate): “Few details were given about the circumstances of the accident that led to this quite impressive shot. All we know for now is that there was a collision between Contern and Syren around 15:00 and a car was in flames.” … a damaged electric car not on fire, with the gas-fed car engulfed in flames. This would be the most common scenario, not the other way around ... 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