Every once in a while, word of the bad build quality of Tesla vehicles gets out, spreads like wildfire online and gets the fanboys rallied up, complaining about how no other automaker ever gets this kind of flak for standard factory defects. This is not one of those times.
Tesla is not just the leading EV maker in the industry right now, it’s also the most polarizing automaker of recent times. Whatever it does, whether it’s good or bad, tends to play out to the global audience, on a worldwide scale, and generates very heated responses from both sides. This time, it’s a positive story.
A Tesla Model 3 owner owes her and her friend’s life to the car, after a head-on, high-speed collision with a truck going the wrong way. The news comes from the Tesla Columbus Ohio Owners Club, with a special acknowledgment by the man himself, Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The driver is Jen Dunlap, who says she’s “lucky to be alive,” and also to have walked away from a gruesome crash with just minor injuries.
According to the information made public on Twitter, Jen was driving her Model 3, with a friend in the passenger seat. A drunk driver in a truck coming from the opposite direction at 70 mph / 112.6 kph smashed into the Tesla head on, after going the wrong way. These are what you may call perfect ingredients for a disaster recipe, but luckily, it wasn’t so.
Jen received only minor injuries, while the passenger required hospitalization for observation, but is believed to be ok. The driver of the pickup was hurt but was not in serious condition, which means he was taken in for booking after the crash. This was his second DUI this year, because that’s how some people roll.
“Thank you [Elon Musk] for building the safest cars which allowed for her and her friend to survive a 70+ mph head on collision,” the Columbus Ohio Owners Club writes to the CEO.
These aren’t just empty words, either: Model 3 has the five-star rating in NHTSA crash tests to prove it.
A Tesla Model 3 owner owes her and her friend’s life to the car, after a head-on, high-speed collision with a truck going the wrong way. The news comes from the Tesla Columbus Ohio Owners Club, with a special acknowledgment by the man himself, Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The driver is Jen Dunlap, who says she’s “lucky to be alive,” and also to have walked away from a gruesome crash with just minor injuries.
According to the information made public on Twitter, Jen was driving her Model 3, with a friend in the passenger seat. A drunk driver in a truck coming from the opposite direction at 70 mph / 112.6 kph smashed into the Tesla head on, after going the wrong way. These are what you may call perfect ingredients for a disaster recipe, but luckily, it wasn’t so.
Jen received only minor injuries, while the passenger required hospitalization for observation, but is believed to be ok. The driver of the pickup was hurt but was not in serious condition, which means he was taken in for booking after the crash. This was his second DUI this year, because that’s how some people roll.
“Thank you [Elon Musk] for building the safest cars which allowed for her and her friend to survive a 70+ mph head on collision,” the Columbus Ohio Owners Club writes to the CEO.
These aren’t just empty words, either: Model 3 has the five-star rating in NHTSA crash tests to prove it.
Glad Jen is safe!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 12, 2020
The drunk driver was in good enough shape where the police took him directly to jail. It’s also my understanding it’s this individuals second DUI this year.
— Tesla Columbus Ohio Owners (@OhioTesla) October 12, 2020
I'm feeling so lucky to be alive today.
— Jen (@JenDunlap_) October 11, 2020