“I don’t think people could hold there more than five minutes in this water, especially with clothes on,” he added. It was very good luck this floating sauna was nearby.”

The sauna boat happened to drift by soon after the Tesla ended up in the water, Oslo police said.

Photos show people on the vessel with towels around their waists pulling the passengers out of the water.

“One of the guests came running and told me a car had landed in the water. I accelerated to full speed in the direction of the people,” the sauna boat’s skipper, Nicholay Nordahl, told Norwegian newspaper VG.

“With the help of two guests, we pulled them up. They were able to warm up in the sauna,” he added.

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    1 year ago

    I downvoted because of this. I don’t like Tesla. But I hate this click baiting and lying to tarnish a reputation. Let them do it themselves. They are doing a good enough job.

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      Self-driving (er, “”self””-driving) didn’t cross my mind actually. I read:

      • driver wealthier than average
      • not a parent with more than four kids (Tesla doesn’t make minivans) … (wait the X seats up to 7, though that’s uncommon I think)
      • driver not in one of the highest death rate cars

      I take your point that the benefits of being able to make these assumptions may not outweigh the downside of potentially misleading people on the potential self-driving aspect.

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        1 year ago

        There is none. They just threw it in there to tarnish the sites reputation

        Edit: People obviously don’t get humor around here. Obviously the site threw Tesla in the title for rage/click baiting. The accident had nothing to do with the cars brand. Guess you’re all too… Enraged? l However, I stand by my point: There is no lie.

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          If the car went in due to driver error, why mention the make of the car in the title?

          NYPost is a shitty propaganda outlet by design. Not just because I’m to the left so I hate it. It’s literally the purpose of the site.

          So yes, this article ONLY exists to trigger the thought of “electric car bad” in their readers.