The problem is repairs, you are held hostage by Tesla, so even a fender bender turns into a write off, or months without the vehicle whereas a normal shop could fix it up in a day with regular parts.
Just don’t buy tesla and you should be ok.
And, after those people burned up inside one. just don’t get inside a Tesla either
I’m all for hating on Tesla for legitimate issues, but the driver of that car crashed into a concrete pillar doing in excess of 120MPH, which probably has a lot more to do with why they died than anything else. Fires and being trapped inside mangled wreckage can happen with any vehicle, especially at speeds like that.
I felt like making a sarcastic comment about “all that extra safety tech”.
But 120mph is pretty fucking ridiculous.
Except, that’s a head on collision on a 60mph road.
So, I’m not sure how to feel.Still don’t think I’d get in a Tesla just on principle, tho
But 120mph is pretty fucking ridiculous. Except, that’s a head on collision on a 60mph road.
Incorrect, for two reasons: 1, kinetic energy is proportional to the square of the speed. Twice as fast, quadruple the energy. 2, in a head-on collision, the crumple zones of both vehicles absorb the energy. I doubt the concrete pillar absorbed much.
The MythBusters did a nice episode on this.
Huh.
Googling turned up this:
https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/329831/crash-simulation-on-mythbustersThanks!
We had a similar situation when Teslas were new here in Europe and a Model X crashed head on into the median on the autobahn at full speed (130km/h or 80mph).
The guy died because he didn’t wear any seatbelt and was ejected from the car. The car looked horrendous but he would have survived if he wore a seatbelt.
Doesn’t stop the media from printing “Tesla kills driver” for 2 weeks straight.
And I still don’t want one. They could sell them for $1000, and I still wouldn’t want to be seen in one.
Tesla is now the official Trump-mobile.
He got all the left with money for a new car to buy one. Now it’s the right’s turn to be milked.
They’re offloading like all of their EVs, they have a bunch of Chevy Bolts for significantly less than the kbb value.
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I might be wrong but that sounds like the broken window fallacy.
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I get that depreciation is a useful tool for business accountants but my point is that if a business has to sell the Teslas, it would be better for them to get a good resale price over more depreciation.
Depreciation is good for “oh well, at least we don’t have as much tax” as opposed to “let’s sell these assets at a loss to get more depreciation”.
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