[Update: I will continue to make ongoing revisions to this story as it develops]
What’s believed to be the world’s first Tesla Roadster crash took place in San Francisco this evening at the corner of Geary and Gough streets at about 6 p.m. PDT. There were no reported injuries in the accident, in which the Tesla ended up between (and partially underneath) a Mercedes and what appeared to be a Nissan Maxima a Toyota Camry. The Tesla the world’s first all-electric sports car, and only nine (sayeth Wikipedia) have been produced so far. Did it hold up to standards predicted by crash tests? You decide.
Photos by my friend Alex Volkov. Larger version of this photo here. He has better photos if you’d like to buy them for publication.
I have found a story that seems to indicate that the first crash accident may have been by a technician doing the final check on one of the first cars the day it was to be delivered. So this may just be the first photographed (unplanned) crash.
Latest Links:
- Wired News: Comment from Tesla and an Eyewitness on First Tesla Crash [with better photos by Alex Volkov].
- Alex is interviewed by EVcast Monday (1:00 in).
- Also mentioned by my boss Leo Laporte in TWiT 153
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