The Inherent Risk of New Market Supercars: A Crash Course in Expectation vs Reality

As a consumer, we often expect new market supercars to perform flawlessly, just like they do in their advertising campaigns. We don't get in press cars and manufacturers' vehicles expecting to be crash-test dummies, crossing our fingers that everything will work as it's supposed to. However, reality is far from ideal, and new models are not without risk.

I was watching a recent video clip of a high-profile supercar crash, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of déjà vu. The driver seemed too aggressive, coming in too hot and not fully aware of the road conditions. He wasn't even online – he was offline, expecting the car to behave as it normally would. This got me thinking about the inherent risk with these new models. They're not yet fully tested or refined, so we can't expect them to work flawlessly.

I started asking myself what might have caused the driver's mistake. Was he simply too aggressive, or was there something more to it? Maybe the car itself wasn't designed well enough, or perhaps the brakes weren't functioning properly. Theories abound, but at the end of the day, we just don't know for sure. What is certain, however, is that new models come with a degree of unpredictability.

When I watched the crash footage, several things stood out to me. Firstly, it was clear that the driver had come in too hot, which led to him losing control of the car. The car then suffered a significant impact, rolling off the road and eventually bursting into flames. While this is not an uncommon sight for gas-powered cars, I have to admit that I've never seen an electric car behave in such a manner.

The question on everyone's mind must be: what caused the fire? Was it indeed due to overheating batteries, or was there something more at play? The truth is, we just don't know yet. Electric cars are still relatively new, and manufacturers are working hard to iron out their kinks. However, when it comes to extreme scenarios like this crash, it's clear that we can expect the unexpected.

The fact that the driver suffered injuries but survived is a testament to his own resilience – he seems like someone who has had multiple close calls in the past. It's also worth noting that the fire crew responded quickly to the scene, which suggests that the incident was not an isolated one. Unfortunately, this highlights just how unpredictable these cars can be.

As I reflect on the crash, my mind keeps wandering back to the what-ifs. What if the brakes had failed? What if the driver had been more cautious? These are all questions we'll never have definitive answers for, but it's clear that new market supercars come with their own unique set of risks and uncertainties.

Electric cars, in particular, seem like a fascinating area of study when it comes to crash dynamics. While they're still relatively rare, these types of incidents will undoubtedly become more common as production volumes increase. It's only a matter of time before we see more reports of electrical fires or other unforeseen consequences.

Ultimately, I remain skeptical about the long-term viability of electric race cars. While they hold promise for performance and efficiency, there are just too many variables at play to make me confident in their reliability. Nevertheless, as consumers, it's our job to stay informed and engage with these new technologies – even when we're not entirely sure what we're getting ourselves into.

Leave your thoughts on this crash and the implications for electric cars in the comments below. I'd love to hear from you all and continue this conversation.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up everybody rob Ferretti here coming to you from a race eat out of bucket in my driveway NSX for scale anyway today I want to talk about something that just happened it's the Richard Hammond crash in the rim AK in Switzerland today and that sucks and you now have to start asking the question does Richard Hammond suck at driving and I don't think the answer is yes to that because he's been in two serious accidents that we know of and now keep in mind when you film shows like this there's accidents that are never going to hit the air that these guys may be involved in and sometimes they're not driving sometimes they're driving but that has to be kept in mind and just saying like this guy sucks at driving i watch that video clip no less than ten times today trying to sort of figure out and sort of recreate what may have happened in the car and a couple of things jump out at me that sort of say like wait a second what the hell just happened I can't tell he was definitely offline I don't know if he was just coming in too hot and that the room offline or the brakes weren't working or the brakes overheated they were fading and he was expecting something that to happen that didn't then ultimately happen and that's the inherent risk with all of these like new to market supercars because these are not these have to see lots and lots and lots of R&D and lots of test driver time before you can give them the people that just expect them to work we as a public and we as a consumer expect stuff to work when we get it now just it's not we don't get in press cars and we don't get in manufactures cars expecting to be a crash-test dummy and crossing our fingers that everything was built and everything should work the way it's supposed to work so I was watching that and I'm like okay he was too hot he was offline maybe it's because of the car let him down or maybe he was just coming in too hot I mean that that is the probably the simplest answer that's what most people are probably going to go towards but I start asking myself then alright well you came in too hot and then many sort of tanks lapped it and one over the side of a ravine car rolled it's an electric car like I understand when things catch fire when it's a gas card gas leaks fumes and combust but in electric carts like a golf cart I've never seen a golf cart flip over and catch fire so now the question is we're components too hot to begin with causing things to malfunction and not drive properly what actually took place and and now you have a charred carcass of a car I don't know whether they were actually recording this for the drive tribe or for for the Grand Tour or not they say that they were but who knows like I you usually see a helicopter you'd see a bunch more stuff so a lot of details have yet to be revealed good news is he is injured but okay I mean this guy seems like a cat he's got a bunch of lives here because that was a pretty significant impact or a significant crash judging from the after photos I didn't see the actual accident other than he went off the road he could have gently rolled over hurt himself climbed out of the car under his own power which it sounds like and then the car eventually burst into flames but that begs the question why an electric car would then burst in the flames if the battery was overheating it could be something as simple as and this could have been turned one this could have been three hours into filming we don't know this but given the fact that it's an electric car in a race scenario it's only has so much battery capacity so it can't it can't have been running hot all day my tendency would be set to say like maybe the brake rotors were hot and he broke a wheel off in the brake rotor hit something and that combos but I feel like if that was the case they would have been there the fire crew would have been on site quicker when an accident does happening it sounds like they were there pretty quickly to come to his aid that for the car to burn up and char itself to a burnt carcass it would have had to been stuck on fire for a little bit more time so it would have been on fire for 10 minutes before the actual fire crew got there ask me how I know I've had a Ferrari burned down before so I know how long it takes before that car is like somebody put it out somebody put it out oh that's coming back and that car is a not coming back it's two million pounds it's an expensive I don't know who's who's writing the check for that one I don't know who's responsible for I don't know what what ended up happening here but I'm sort of surprised at the damn thing caught fire and burned to the ground and I would assume that they caught fire pretty quickly after the impact so I don't know what caused the fire I'm eager to find out more details this is all still developing but those are my thoughts I'm never really sold on the electric race car but you guys let me know your thoughts thank you for tuning in sorry for the mid upload upload I just felt like it was something worth discussing and I hope you guys have an opinion on it and I'm sure you do leave them the comments below have a good weekwhat's up everybody rob Ferretti here coming to you from a race eat out of bucket in my driveway NSX for scale anyway today I want to talk about something that just happened it's the Richard Hammond crash in the rim AK in Switzerland today and that sucks and you now have to start asking the question does Richard Hammond suck at driving and I don't think the answer is yes to that because he's been in two serious accidents that we know of and now keep in mind when you film shows like this there's accidents that are never going to hit the air that these guys may be involved in and sometimes they're not driving sometimes they're driving but that has to be kept in mind and just saying like this guy sucks at driving i watch that video clip no less than ten times today trying to sort of figure out and sort of recreate what may have happened in the car and a couple of things jump out at me that sort of say like wait a second what the hell just happened I can't tell he was definitely offline I don't know if he was just coming in too hot and that the room offline or the brakes weren't working or the brakes overheated they were fading and he was expecting something that to happen that didn't then ultimately happen and that's the inherent risk with all of these like new to market supercars because these are not these have to see lots and lots and lots of R&D and lots of test driver time before you can give them the people that just expect them to work we as a public and we as a consumer expect stuff to work when we get it now just it's not we don't get in press cars and we don't get in manufactures cars expecting to be a crash-test dummy and crossing our fingers that everything was built and everything should work the way it's supposed to work so I was watching that and I'm like okay he was too hot he was offline maybe it's because of the car let him down or maybe he was just coming in too hot I mean that that is the probably the simplest answer that's what most people are probably going to go towards but I start asking myself then alright well you came in too hot and then many sort of tanks lapped it and one over the side of a ravine car rolled it's an electric car like I understand when things catch fire when it's a gas card gas leaks fumes and combust but in electric carts like a golf cart I've never seen a golf cart flip over and catch fire so now the question is we're components too hot to begin with causing things to malfunction and not drive properly what actually took place and and now you have a charred carcass of a car I don't know whether they were actually recording this for the drive tribe or for for the Grand Tour or not they say that they were but who knows like I you usually see a helicopter you'd see a bunch more stuff so a lot of details have yet to be revealed good news is he is injured but okay I mean this guy seems like a cat he's got a bunch of lives here because that was a pretty significant impact or a significant crash judging from the after photos I didn't see the actual accident other than he went off the road he could have gently rolled over hurt himself climbed out of the car under his own power which it sounds like and then the car eventually burst into flames but that begs the question why an electric car would then burst in the flames if the battery was overheating it could be something as simple as and this could have been turned one this could have been three hours into filming we don't know this but given the fact that it's an electric car in a race scenario it's only has so much battery capacity so it can't it can't have been running hot all day my tendency would be set to say like maybe the brake rotors were hot and he broke a wheel off in the brake rotor hit something and that combos but I feel like if that was the case they would have been there the fire crew would have been on site quicker when an accident does happening it sounds like they were there pretty quickly to come to his aid that for the car to burn up and char itself to a burnt carcass it would have had to been stuck on fire for a little bit more time so it would have been on fire for 10 minutes before the actual fire crew got there ask me how I know I've had a Ferrari burned down before so I know how long it takes before that car is like somebody put it out somebody put it out oh that's coming back and that car is a not coming back it's two million pounds it's an expensive I don't know who's who's writing the check for that one I don't know who's responsible for I don't know what what ended up happening here but I'm sort of surprised at the damn thing caught fire and burned to the ground and I would assume that they caught fire pretty quickly after the impact so I don't know what caused the fire I'm eager to find out more details this is all still developing but those are my thoughts I'm never really sold on the electric race car but you guys let me know your thoughts thank you for tuning in sorry for the mid upload upload I just felt like it was something worth discussing and I hope you guys have an opinion on it and I'm sure you do leave them the comments below have a good week\n"