And that’s probably just because he is a puddle of water hazards. The incident is not the first, in which the rear bumper of the Tesla Model 3 is in the center. The electric car pioneer from California, keep to the back with explanations, however.
When it rains, the rear fell to the apron from
“I drove my Tesla Model 3 in the rain with two other people in the car, when we suddenly heard a loud BOOM! I drove to the nearest Parking lot, got out of my car to see what had happened, and I was totally shocked”. The YouTube user Logan Jamal describes in the description below his Video, as he has the curious incident experienced.
In the Video, taken by one of the rear cameras in Model 3, one then sees exactly what has happened: The Stromer rides on a rainy day on a main road and through a puddle that has formed on the roadside. The puddle does not seem to be very deep and is certainly not an obstacle, in which the drivers of other cars, your car would have braked. Suddenly, the Incredible happens: The rear apron tears off easily from the Model 3 and is connected in the result, obviously, only by a cable with the Rest of the car, through the rain-slicked road pulled behind.
Tesla does not want to assume the cost of
On his Twitter profile the affected Tesla-driver other Details: “I drove 10-15 miles per hour [around 15-25 km/h] and prepared myself for it, turning to the right, as my rear bumper decided to fly away. Tesla refuses to accept the cost and told me that it was “force majeure”. I don’t think a brand new car should fall apart in the rain just…” it was the end of BMW and Co? New Tesla on the Autobahn-Test FOCUS Online Driving here is the end of BMW and Co? New Tesla on the Autobahn-Test
the car is a Model 3 in the Version of the Standard Range Plus the model year 2019, just once, to 22,500 kilometers. It looks like the rain water which collects during the journey at the bottom of the rear apron might be, for the mishap is responsible.
the water collected in the apron
As you can see on the pictures uploaded by the unfortunate Tesla-drivers on Twitter in the road, the rear apron is pretty far under the car. Water that collects in it, could make the rear apron due to her increased weight to a kind of parachute, which breaks off at some point from the mounting clips. Electrical China-Volvo: Why Audi and BMW in front of the Polestar 2 FOCUS Online Electric China-Volvo: must tremble Why Audi and BMW in front of the Polestar 2
The incident was not the first of this kind. as early as 2018, the Portal InsideEVs reported that a Tesla driver, the rear apron of the Model 3 was dropped in the rain, after he had bought the car just 30 minutes before. need to tremble Also on Reddit, a similar report appeared about a year ago. In addition, there is on Twitter more, anecdotal reports of similar incidents. Here, the Auto-Newsletter
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“We are investigating the Problem”
To InsideEVs, Tesla commented at the time: “We set the bar for the Model 3 is extremely high, and what happened in this Situation, is not the way how we build our cars. We investigate the Problem in order to understand what caused it, and we put us in contact with our clients, in order to solve the Problem and ensure that you are satisfied.”
Since then, the US car maker has made no further comments regarding this issue. That Tesla refuses, however, to take the damage, although the variety can be similar events on a constructive cause close, leaving behind a slightly bitter aftertaste.
This article was written by Tobias steel
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