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[–] ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I haven't seen any statistics suggesting Teslas crash more often than other vehicles.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Tesla Drivers Have the Highest Crash Rate of Any Brand

Tesla also had the lowest DUI rate. They're not intoxicated, they're just crap drivers.

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

23.54 crashes per 1,000 drivers in the past year.

If someone cared about actually comparing this, they'd normalize for the number of miles driven, instead of cherry-picking something so it sounds bad.

This is disengenuous.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Teslas aren't exactly long-range rural cars. Correcting for mileage would only increase the crash rates.

However, being city cars, they probably have high operational hours.

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah good point, the type of miles probably matters a lot.