I think there's a good chance it could. The cells in the pack might have prevented it from deforming, which could have prevented the puncture. Or not. In any case, if this is an uncommon, but consistent problem, I imagine that Tesla will come up with something to better secure the pack.
It may or may not be. But ultimately, if this isn't a freak accident, and is just uncommon (say one car per year), it's probably worthwhile for Tesla to change their module design.
I strongly disagree with this as a factual statement. We don't know enough to say whether or not this is a freak accident. If an NHTSB investigator has already compiled a report on this accident, and also happens to have a readily available database of objects that have been involved in other accidents to compare to this object, then they could state whether or not this is a freak accident. But all the rest of us can do is speculate. Barring that, only time will tell.
Prior to this thread, none of my posts expressed doubt, and even in this case all I'm asserting, as I've said before, is that the car may benefit from an improved module design if this isn't a freak accident. No car is perfect, and that includes the S.
I prefaced my statements with "given what we know so far", which is that this is the first occurrence after 100 million miles. That coupled with Tesla's statements is enough for most people to feel comfortable that this is likely a freak accident. If the NHTSA finds something else that proves there's a higher probability of occurrence than indicated so far (or we have a similar incident happen), so be it, but that's not going to happen for a while with the shutdown.
Well, a majority of your posts are in this thread and the default way your profile displays activity is by most recent posts. I'm just pointing out that's how people will judge you here (given what I've seen happen to other people). If you had a lot more posts elsewhere and then commented here, then the reaction you get might be different. As for the reason why our forum members might be a little more "paranoid" than others is because we had multiple incidents happen where forum member statements have been taken out of context to write negative media reports on Tesla (that's why some have disclaimers in their signatures).
If this is something that happens every 100 million miles, I don't think it's a freak accident. The NHTSA conducted an investigation for Toyota's acceleration/gas pedal entrapment and that ultimately lead to a recall of several million vehicles, even though the ratio of complaints to vehicle models is much greater than the 100 million mile figure. This probably won't be an issue if it only happens once in the next ten years, but if it it's more common than that I wouldn't be surprised if Tesla updates the module design in the X, E, and future versions of the S.
