Tesla cars have the highest accident rate

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Musk believes his own bullshit and Tesla is paying for it

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Tesla’s fatal accident rate is making headlines for all the wrong reasons—double the industry average, according to recent reports. The Tesla Model Y leads the pack with a shocking 10.6 fatalities per billion miles, compared to the SUV average of 4.8.

But here’s the kicker: while Tesla markets itself as the pinnacle of safety and innovation, these numbers suggest something else entirely. Critics point to overreliance on Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features, creating a dangerous mix of driver overconfidence and system flaws.

And let’s not ignore the design issues—like those futuristic electronic doors that might look sleek but have been deadly in emergencies, trapping occupants in fiery crashes.

Meanwhile, regulators are debating scaling back crash reporting requirements—a move that seems tailor-made to let Tesla and other automakers off the hook. The American public deserves transparency and accountability, not more excuses wrapped in a tech bro sales pitch.

[Cha]

1. TY Kick.

[Submariner]

2. Did you know the Cybertruck can masquerade as a dumpster?

[sheshe2]

4. This should be illegal!

Meanwhile, regulators are debating scaling back crash reporting requirements—a move that seems tailor-made to let Tesla and other automakers off the hook. The American public deserves transparency and accountability, not more excuses wrapped in a tech bro sales pitch.

[tanyev]

5. On my regular route here in North Texas, every time I see a jerk driving too fast

and weaving in traffic, the odds are really high it’s a Tesla driver.

[MichMan]

8. Around here it seems to be a propensity of Dodge Chargers

[RubyRose]

9. Chargers and Challengers here too.

[flvegan]

6. But is it the shitty vehicles or their shitty drivers* at fault?

*Not all Tesla drivers, generally. Just the ones crashing and making these alleged statistics.

[Hekate]

7. Unsafe At Any Speed

[David__77]

10. Cheap yet expensive American crap.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Tesla settled this case and got a non-disclosure on this accident

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[FakeNoose]

12. Or .. maybe terrible drivers are the ones buying most of the Teslas?

[pecosbob]

13. I am a vehicle test driver. Among other vehicles we test at my location we have two Cybertrucks.

Last week one of them went to Cyber-heaven at around 60K miles. The other will likely follow suit fairly soon. For comparison I test drive two Rivian parcel vans, both of which will roll over 100k miles soon with their original drive train and batteries. The Rivians have both far exceeded their life expectancy under test conditions.

My advice...buy a Rivian...don't buy a Tesla unless you want to spend most of your time waiting for it to be returned from the shop.