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Don't forget their abysmal safety record and bait-and-switch "Full Self Driving!"


They build the safest cars ever https://www.whatcar.com/news/tesla-model-y-wins-what-car-saf...


They also crash way more often[1] and have disproportionally more deaths[2].

1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2023/12/18/tesla-ha... 2. https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=35819


The first link is for people looking for insurance quotes, not actual crash data

Link 2 is about deaths. Let's find the death rate per registered car years from the NHTSA's data.

For all 2020 vehicles it's 38 per million, for midsize luxury, 23, Tesla Model 3 2WD: 15, 4WD: 52

For large luxry: Model S 4WD 17, vs 22 average

https://www.iihs.org/ratings/driver-death-rates-by-make-and-...


yeah, my fingers were getting tired from all the ranting, so i cut it short




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