• Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      Handing out driving licences like they were sweets instead of actually testing people’s ability to drive, maybe?

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      5 months ago

      Probably turned off traction control and floored it. EVs have some pretty solid acceleration and weight a bit more than their ICE counterparts.

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        Nope, he drove 80km/h with traction control, but lost consciousness somehow. No lines on the road (out in the German countryside) so no line assist. Car went straight when there was a very mild turn, so he drove off the road, into some uphill ridge whi h launched him, woke up when flying through the air after which he landed in a bunch of trees. This is where he landed. He luckily only had 4 broken ribs.

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      5 months ago

      I think the tree didn’t give way when it should have and damaged it a bit, hard to tell though

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          No, but it’s still a factor why they may not last forever XD never underestimate human error.

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            My car wouldn’t have done that. Had I fallen unconscious it would either follow the road or stop

            But that’s also not because it’s electric.

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              There were no stripes on the road so the line assist didn’t work. He was unconscious for just a sec, he remembered seeing the slight turn, then to wake up while flying into the trees.