Stolen Tesla Crashes, Splits in Half in Fiery Multi-Car Wreck

Summary: some jackhole was going 100 miles per hour and hit a honda carrying 5 people, then struck a pole which cut the car in half. Half of it stuck in a building, and the other half of the tesla caught on fire.<p>This has nothing to do with Tesla and EV fire concerns. Try doing this with an internal combustion engine car and see what happens.

If it wasn&#x27;t a Tesla, it would just say &quot;Stolen car&quot;. Why is the article so focused on it being a Tesla?

Wow, the driver (thief) appears to have survived (even if in critical condition at the hospital)?<p>Not sure if that&#x27;s an endorsement of the Tesla&#x27;s safety, quality of EMS in LA, or billions of years of evolution, but I wouldn&#x27;t expect someone to survive an accident like that.

So EVs are good enough for Los Angeles high speed chases now... does this mean they&#x27;ve finally arrived?

I wonder what would&#x27;ve happened if Tesla both had the ability to remotely shut the car down AND then shut it down in compliance with the police involved. Less people would be hurt, a synagogue would not have those damages, a whole lot of people with less stress.<p>Precedent from 2009 with OnStar: <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/onstar-gps-carjacking.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;latimesblogs.latimes.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2009&#x2F;10&#x2F;onstar-gp...</a>

Real criminal genius - steals a car that is constantly connected to the mothership and can&#x27;t be chopped up for parts (hardly think there could be a market for that).

Why was there a high speed chase, anyways? Don&#x27;t most police departments have rules that high speed chases should only proceed when lives are endangered?

I&#x27;ve seen plenty of pictures on the internet of supercars sliced in half and burned after crashes at that kind of speed. For example the Paul Walker crash. From the picture of the Honda I assume the Tesla broadsides the Honda whiched caused it to spin, slide, and strike the pole.

It would be great for Tesla if first person to die in a Model S was a car thief.<p>Someone is going to be the first. Lets hope is not a child :S

This reeks of a smear campaign for Tesla Automobiles. A regular petrol car would have exploded and hurt much more people.

Why was this even posted to HN?