I can tell you that around the Los Angeles area, the percentage of Tesla drivers that are driving like total assholes is quite high compared to most other brands that have large numbers of cars on the road. Just my observation.
Jim Walls -----Original Message----- From: "EV List Lackey via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 12:55 To: ev@lists.evdl.org Cc: "EV List Lackey" <evp...@drmm.net> Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: More bad PR for Tesla Tesla is getting some rough PR lately. Obviously, there's the "every vehicle" recall that isn't, but is really a remote reprogramming. Then this article landed yesterday: "Tesla drivers are the most accident-prone, according to a LendingTree analysis of 30 car brands. It found that Tesla drivers are involved in more accidents than drivers of any other brand. Tesla drivers had 23.54 accidents per 1,000 drivers. Ram (22.76) and Subaru (20.90) were the only other brands with more than 20 accidents per 1,000 drivers for every brand." Full article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2023/12/18/tesla-has-the-highest- accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/ or https://v.gd/y2FFnb Forbes is pretty careful to not speculate on why. But you can bet that many people outside the Musk-o-verse will say "it's because of Autopilot," while Musket-heads will be more apt to say "not enough owners using Autopilot." Eh, I'm staying out of it. What I wonder about, and WILL mention, is something that the original source sort of takes a whack at and glances off of. Teslas tend to be powerful vehicles. I don't know whether I can say too much about this since I don't own one and have never driven one, but I do know that while ludicrous (Tesla's own word) acceleration can sometimes get you out of trouble fast, it can also get you INTO trouble really fast. Especially if you're young and hormone-addled, and/or drunk or high, and/or just not that skilled a driver. Somehow I strongly doubt that any Tesla software update is going to change that part of the vehicles' behavior. Also, off topic - Ram, yeah, I can see that - but Subaru??? Really? David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = In America, anybody can be president. That's one of the risks you take. -- Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
