2020 Model XL rear-ended

[Ranger29]

So not to Jon Prosser myself here, but I’ll shave my eyebrows if that X isn’t totaled. I bet the frame was impacted too, which makes the rest of the damage inconsequential.

Glad you are safe. MORE validation that Teslas are among the safest cars on the road.

Thanks! I just bought a 2018 with plans to sell it when my new one comes in (March?). After having owned the X for 8 months and experiencing 1st hand how it protected us...I don't want to drive anything else!!

 

[ThomasD]

How far did the accident intrude into the car. It looks like if someone was in the 7 row seating they would have been badly hurt or worse

 

[SUP THO]

Glad to hear you are safe.

 

[Ranger29]

How far did the accident intrude into the car. It looks like if someone was in the 7 row seating they would have been badly hurt or worse

They would not have survived....imho.

 

[SUP THO]

They would not have survived....imho.

Any chance you can post pics of the trunk area from the interior? I’m curious to see the damages. TIA

 

[Ranger29]

Any chance you can post pics of the trunk area from the interior? I’m curious to see the damages. TIA

I don't know if we'll have access to the car again. Suffice it to say, it was bad enough that we could not get to the well to get our things out.

 

[EarlyAdopter]

I don't know if we'll have access to the car again. Suffice it to say, it was bad enough that we could not get to the well to get our things out.

Glad everyone was ok.

The third row seating starts after the rear storage well. How far past the well did the intrusion extend?

Any idea how fast they were going when they hit you? We're you stopped?

 

[EarlyAdopter]

Here's a photo of the third row seats. You can see that passenger heads are about where the back corner glass triangles are. I measured from the back of the third row seats to the outside back of the hatch is 24".

 

[ahmadr]

The smoke / dust was almost certainly from seatbelt pretensioners. While deploying airbags may have been a losing proposition in this impact (whiplash reduction vs. inherent dangers), pretensioners would have been a no brainer.

Also, the survival space for the third row, if there had been any, appears totally fine.