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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-...




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