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                      This is not your father's Ford Pinto
                                        
> We believe these changes will also help prevent a fire resulting from an
> extremely high speed impact that tears the wheels off the car, like the
> other Model S impact fire, which occurred last year in Mexico. This
> happened after the vehicle impacted a roundabout at 110 mph (177kmh),
> shearing off 15 feet (4.5m) of concrete curbwall and tearing off the left
> front wheel, then smashing through an eight foot tall buttressed concrete
> wall on the other side of the road and tearing off the right front wheel,
> before crashing into a tree. The driver stepped out and walked away with no
> permanent injuries and a fire, again limited to the front section of the
> vehicle, started several minutes later. The underbody shields will help
> prevent a fire even in such a scenario.
> 

Via Instapundia [1], “Taking Tesla safety to the extreme | Business Spectator
[2]”

Wow. That's certainly a far cry from the Ford Pinto [3].

[1] http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/186068/
[2] http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/3/31/smart-
[3] http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1971-1980-ford-pinto12.htm

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