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Prius, VW Crush Tesla In Green Car Violence
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Reader Lars H. sent this photo of a spectacular crash in Denmark involving a Tesla Roadster. He didn’t provide any details, so we can’t tell you what happened or how any of the drivers fared in the collision. If anyone’s got info, please pass it along. We’ve asked Tesla Motors if it knows anything and will update you if we hear anything.
UPDATE: 7:30 p.m. Eastern: Tesla spokeswoman Rachel Konrad sent us this e-mail:
This was a customer car but the customer was not driving or in the car at the time. The driver stopped at a red light behind a truck and was hit from behind by a VW Touareg driving at 80km/hour at the time of impact. The Roadster driver walked away with minor bruises.
As reader dougdirac notes in the comments below, there’s a thread at Tesla Motors Club and a couple of pictures on Flickr. According to the information on those two sites, the silver car — a Toyota Avensis — allegedly hit the Touareg, forcing it into the Roadster.
The photo was posted on Flickr by skagman.
UPDATE: 11 p.m. Eastern time: Got an email from Doug at Tesla Motors Club who says that’s definitely a Toyota Prius, not an Avensis, in the pic. (Commenters made the same observation.) The latest word is the Prius allegedly hit the Roadster, pushing it under the Touareg, and Doug notes there a piece of the Roadster jammed under the rear bumper of the Touareg.
We’ll keep you posted if we hear anything more.
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Source: Prius, VW Crush Tesla In Green Car Violence - Tesla - Jalopnik
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