"GhostZ" (GhostZ)
08/20/2014 at 01:39 • Filed to: None
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"GhostZ" (GhostZ)
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Anyone got a video for this? I can't seem to find one and I'm actually quite interested in how it does. I would imagine that someone has tested it for small overlap already.
Alex from Toronto
> GhostZ
08/20/2014 at 01:48 |
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I don't think its been done yet.
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GhostZ
> Alex from Toronto
08/20/2014 at 01:49 |
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WELL GET TO IT!
I figure they would have had to do it for the 2013 model.
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Alex from Toronto
> GhostZ
08/20/2014 at 02:14 |
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They probably haven't released the video yet, there was a Jalopnik article about a model s hitting a accord looks like a small overlap test.
Article: http://jalopnik.com/tesla-model-s-…
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GhostZ
> Alex from Toronto
08/20/2014 at 02:32 |
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Looking at the accord, that's closer to the 40%-50% overlap that the Tesla is supposedly awesome at.
The 25% or less overlap however, I would be more concerned with. Part of Tesla's strength is that the battery and surrounding frame are all part of the crash support structure, but I wonder if, in the event of a small overlap, the battery would go one way and the fender would go the opposite way, since the bigass metal plates on the bottom of the car that protect the battery wouldn't be directly impacted, leaving the fender to crumple like lettuce.
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Alex from Toronto
> GhostZ
08/20/2014 at 04:46 |
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The battery is most likely designed to take a lot of force, so it might stay put.