You can’t make this stuff up. A priest, a rabbi, and a minister…no wait. A Prius, a Tesla, and an SUV…
No, this isn’t a Photoshop trick. Proving truth is indeed stranger than fiction, it actually happened in Denmark on October 9th. It is likely the only accident of its kind in the world.
WUWT reader Lars Seiersen gives us the details and translation of this newspaper article that appeared in Ekstra Bladet:
Lars writes:
Dear Anthony,
I think the more hardcore part of your American readers will like this and provide a number of funny comments and interpretations:
http://ekstrabladet.dk/biler/bil_nyheder/article1243890.ece
(in Danish)
It is a weird car accidence:
Ocober 9, Northern Part of Jutland (near Skagen)
A VW Tuareg (a rare bird in DK because of the price, one of the biggest and most incorrect cars you find in DK) is stopped on a small road due to construction works.
Behind it stops a Tesla (an extremely rare bird – I have never seen one!).
Then a Toyota Prius ( also rare in DK) for some reason doesnt stop and pushes the Tesla under the Tuareg!
Nobody was seriously hurt!
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Actually the SUV didn’t really win but it did come out on top.
A Prius is so quiet, you can’t tell if you’re moving or not. That must be the reason it didn’t stop.
The “Green Halo” of the Prius driver momentarily obstructed his view.
Oh boy! If this gets to the Top Gear folks, we’re going to have some serious talking…
Ecotretas
Mommy, what is the VW doing to the Tesla?
Don’t look kids, they are making a hybrid!
(Sorry, engineer humor on a Sunday morning!)
Regards,
Steamboat Jack
But did the Toureg drive away? It appears that the $100k+ (US) Tesla raised the Toureg without damaging it. There might be a couple of parts from the Tesla stuck in and under the bumper of the Toureg, but that’s about it.
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The Prius Driver obviously had a combination of Blinding SUV hatred and Burning Tesla Envy and in true Prius status symbol mentally deranged saving the planet fashion attempted to kill two birds with one stone.
Electric cars still have dipsticks.
What do they call a wedgy in Denmark?
Smokey:
I remember that image from Brasil a few years back. Great spoof. And the endorsements are priceless.
God calls the wives of the drivers of SUV, Tesla, and Prius. “Your husbands are driving the three most important vehicles in the world. They are going to crash in a car accident soon.”
The SUV driver’s wife returns home and tells her hubby: I have two news for you. One of them is good, and the other one is bad. The good news is that God exists, the bad news is that you will crash your SUV soon.
The Tesla wife tells her sweetheart. She tells him: I have two bad news for you. One of them is that God exists, I just spoke to Him. The other bad news is that your Tesla will be smashed soon.
The wife of the Prius driver informs her spouse: I have two good news for you. Our Prius is among the three most important vehicles in the world. And the other good news is that you won’t see any global warming in your lifetime. 😉
The most amazing thing was that nobody was hurt
50 Kilo Watt Hour to charge a Tesla – $30
12 Gallons of gasoline to fuel a Prius – $35
1 full size spare tire for a Tuareg – $100
Being able to walk away from a crash because your SUV protected you –
Priceless
Here we see a Suv in its native hapitat, teaching several lesser oilivores their proper place in nature’s heirarchy.
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New definitions for the 21st Century-
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Classic comment on the 200 000 dollar(?) Tesla:
“I fear that what we are seeing here is much the same thing professors see when they claim there is no such thing as man-made global warming. Immediately, they are drowned out by an unseen mob, and then their funding dries up. It’s actually quite frightening.
The problem is, though, that really and honestly, the US-made Tesla works only at dinner parties. Tell someone you have one and in minutes you will be having sex. But as a device for moving you and your things around, it is about as much use as a bag of muddy spinach”.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article5483422.ece
Coming from the car angle, the Tesla did well maintaining its cabin integrity.
OK, I’m confused. Is it better than we thought or is it worse than we thought?
I suppose the answer depends on whether you were driving the Tesla, the Prius, or the SUV.
(Steamboat Jack: That one cracked me up!)
Hmm, I wonder how many new WUWT readers this could bring in?
BTW, the Science Museum poll is 948 in 6034 out at 18:30 UTC, see
http://home.comcast.net/~ewerme/proveit.html
Damn the Tesla messed up. never drive in that.
The Prius lookes ok btw.
Steamboat Jack, that was the first thing I could come up with *grin*
Barriers to traffic movement do not exist. The accident was caused by the black car denying the progress of the green cars.
This is so obvious!!
Some one made a foolish comment. to the tune that the only thing the Tesla is good for is a party car.
The only reason for any private highway car worth over a $100,000, is as a panty remover. If the Tesla does that, then it has achieved its main function.
How dare anyone take Tesla’s name in vain?