For the first time in the United States, an accident involving businessman Elon Musk’s Tesla Cybertruck electric SUV has been recorded. The incident occurred on one of the roads in Palo Alto, California. oppression The Verge, citing police data.
Photos of the slightly damaged pickup truck from the accident scene were posted on the Reddit forum. Police patrol officers later confirmed to reporters that a Tesla Cybertruck and a 2009 Toyota Corolla passenger car collided on the SR-35 highway. A 17-year-old young man, Japanese, was driving a foreign car.
According to preliminary information, the Toyota driver lost control, as a result of which his car first left the road and hit an embankment, then went back onto the road, crossed the median and crashed into an oncoming Cybertruck.
There were three people in the SUV at the time of the accident. As a result of the accident, the Tesla driver suffered minor injuries and refused medical treatment. The remaining participants in the incident were not injured.
Judging by the presented photos, as a result of the collision, the Cybertruck remained almost intact, the airbags in its interior were deployed. The front end of the Toyota was crushed, but it is not yet clear whether the vehicle sustained this damage when it hit a Tesla car or hit an embankment.
happened before knownIt is stated that Tesla cars will have the function of automatically calling emergency services to the scene of the accident.