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Tesla breaks down mid-turn and causes more than nine hours of travel chaos (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's says in the article the handbrake automatically engages when it dies. So it's essentially pushes a multi tonne dead weight.

Not that it explains what took so long for it to be moved.

Though if memory serves Tesla are a bit funny with this sort of thing.... If it (as the article suggests) was a problem with the car.... Tesla basically say if someone else does anything to the car, the warranty is void, but if "we" do it we'll recover it free.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised no one tried bouncing it out of the way. I know that's what the fire brigade sometimes have to do if a car is blocking them getting to an emergency.