The Tesla driver “accidentally hit the gas,” sending the car flying into the frigid waters off of Oslo earlier this week, witnesses told SWNS.

“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.

  • TBi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    11 months 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.

    • cybersandwich@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      11 months ago

      It’s also the boy-who-cried-wolf syndrome. When you make shit up all the time, no one is going to care when it actually matters.

        • BossDj@lemm.eeEnglish
          12·
          11 months ago

          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.

    • brbposting@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      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.