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[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 35 points 5 months ago

Friend of mine bought an EV. Didn't even last a month. He landed in a tree.

[-] czl@lemmy.noice.social 92 points 5 months ago

Goddamn planned obsolescence.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 30 points 5 months ago

*planted obsolescence

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 23 points 5 months ago

What was the issue? Do you know?

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 60 points 5 months ago

Handing out driving licences like they were sweets instead of actually testing people's ability to drive, maybe?

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago

This is often the issue. Not in this case though. He had his license for 24 years, while driving from the south of Germany to the Netherlands back and forth twice a month. He never had an accident before.

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

I stand corrected!

[-] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 6 points 5 months ago

It can't possibly be that. We have to abolish trees - that's the real answer!

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

We’re working on it.

[-] solivine@sopuli.xyz 15 points 5 months ago

I think the tree didn't give way when it should have and damaged it a bit, hard to tell though

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 13 points 5 months ago

Probably turned off traction control and floored it. EVs have some pretty solid acceleration and weight a bit more than their ICE counterparts.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

Nope, he drove 80km/h with traction control, but lost consciousness somehow. No lines on the road (out in the German countryside) so no line assist. Car went straight when there was a very mild turn, so he drove off the road, into some uphill ridge whi h launched him, woke up when flying through the air after which he landed in a bunch of trees. This is where he landed. He luckily only had 4 broken ribs.

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Jeez, he's lucky to be alive at all.

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 7 points 5 months ago

Daaaamn crazy story. Scary you can just tap out like that. Good on him he didn't get injured too much

[-] Twitches@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

That sucks I hope he's good.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Lost consciousness for a bit. Unknown why.

[-] Anamana@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago

Not really the fault of the EV then tho :D

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

No, but it's still a factor why they may not last forever XD never underestimate human error.

[-] psud@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

My car wouldn't have done that. Had I fallen unconscious it would either follow the road or stop

But that's also not because it's electric.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

There were no stripes on the road so the line assist didn't work. He was unconscious for just a sec, he remembered seeing the slight turn, then to wake up while flying into the trees.

[-] finley@lemm.ee 11 points 5 months ago
[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 14 points 5 months ago

Then the wheels just fell off. Stupid woke EVs are built to fail.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Usually they build them so the wheels don't fall off.

[-] bassomitron@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure they're being facetious

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago
[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Ah yes, classic

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[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Then explain that pic 😤

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Yeah, got launched when drifting off the road

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Lemmy: Capitalism caused this.

In a socialist system cars would be tree proof.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I'm sure if we spend enough time working on it, we can figure out how this is all OPEC's fault. /s (jeeze tho I hope your friend was okay!)

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

He luckily only has 4 broken ribs.

[-] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

Sad to see an i5 in that condition :(

[-] bassad@jlai.lu 1 points 5 months ago

damn wild trees crossing street

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