{"id":64233,"date":"2021-05-08T11:50:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=64233"},"modified":"2021-05-08T11:50:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T15:50:10","slug":"how-are-these-tesla-death-traps-even-legal-anywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=64233","title":{"rendered":"How are these Tesla death traps even legal&#8212;ANYWHERE?!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Dramatic Footage Shows Deadly Crash Of Tesla Slamming Into Truck In China<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>The honeymoon between Tesla and China continue to sour as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202105\/1222902.shtml\">Global Times<\/a>, China&#8217;s closest major media organization to the state, published a horrifying image of a Tesla vehicle rear-ending a truck in Shaoguan, South China&#8217;s Guangdong Province on Friday, &#8220;killing the electric car&#8217;s driver on the spot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-05-07_14-45-30.png?itok=Bq0V62kr\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-05-07_14-45-30.png?itok=Bq0V62kr\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-05-07_14-45-30.png?itok=Bq0V62kr\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"269\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"e0b42420-851f-4e5b-9b91-4ce86525ebab\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tesla can&#8217;t catch a break in China. If state media wanted to protect the US car company, they would&#8217;ve ignored the report; instead, they&#8217;re drumming up bad press for Elon Musk. This follows CCTV broadcaster calling for an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/china-state-media-calls-regulatory-investigation-tesla-brake-failures\">investigation<\/a>\u00a0last month into Tesla&#8217;s brake failures following other incidents where the electric cars have plowed into things.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1390634716546572289&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Fhorrifying-footage-tesla-slamming-truck-china-instantly-killing-driver&amp;sessionId=12291a51b25082353bbf68b1c835a1c068b63b34&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=82e1070%3A1619632193066&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1390634716546572289\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The CCTV commentary &#8220;said the regulator could invite third-party testing agencies that both the customer and Tesla can trust to test the vehicles,&#8221; according to Reuters. At the same time, it has been reported that one of China&#8217;s largest insurers has temporarily stopped providing services for new Tesla owners after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Friday&#8217;s accident is shocking. An\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DoubleO076\/status\/1390639295271247872?s=20\">alleged video<\/a>\u00a0of the crash was posted online &#8211; shows the vehicle made no attempts to stop as it slammed into the rear of a moving truck.\u00a0Here&#8217;s a GIF of the crash if Twitter police decide to censor the video. And since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/liveleak-bites-digital-dust\">LiveLeak<\/a>\u00a0bit the digital dust, finding this video elsewhere could be challenging due to censorship.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-05-07_14-46-28%20%281%29.gif?itok=HSSw4jig\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-05-07_14-46-28%20%281%29.gif?itok=HSSw4jig\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-05-07_14-46-28%20%281%29.gif?itok=HSSw4jig\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"3216ef91-3a1d-4fd4-82dd-df8875f4b657\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Global Times said the crash is still under investigation via the Shaoguan public security bureau. Tesla officials told China News Service they&#8217;re waiting on vehicle data &#8211; from there &#8211; they will determine if Autopilot was engaged.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla&#8217;s image is deteriorating in China as state media continue to publicize braking failures. The risk here is Musk&#8217;s Chinese fairy tale could eventually come to an end. In late April, we noted that Chinese state media\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/tesla-sales-china-are-doomed-sharp-fall-second-quarter-global-times-says\">suggest<\/a>ed that the automaker&#8217;s sales could be &#8220;doomed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more on\u00a0Tesla fatalities and Tesla accident deaths, visit\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesladeaths.com\/\">TeslaDeaths.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Global Times&#8217;s report comes one day before\u00a0Musk will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/snl-cast-wont-be-forced-appear-alongside-elon-musk\">host Saturday Night Live on Saturday evening<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/horrifying-footage-tesla-slamming-truck-china-instantly-killing-driver\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/horrifying-footage-tesla-slamming-truck-china-instantly-killing-driver<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dramatic Footage Shows Deadly Crash Of Tesla Slamming Into Truck In China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}