Automotive research firm finds that Tesla has higher frequency of deadly accidents than any other car brand

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    1 year ago

    Makes sense to me, most people who own them seem to drive like jackasses.

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      1 year ago

      My partner and I joke that they’re the BMWs of electric vehicles. I once saw a 1-star review on an Electrify America station by a Tesla driver who was freaking out about the station not being compatible with their car and whining about how it should be because Teslas are the most common EVs on the road and how they’re never going to patronize Electrify America again. Meanwhile, there’s a Tesla charging station just a few blocks away that has at least a dozen available spots whereas the Electrify America stations only have four.

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        1 year ago

        I’ve never heard of electrify America

        Our university campus and a couple of hotels have Tesla Chargers set up

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      To be fair most of them are in California and Californians are the worst drivers in the country.

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            They are also terrible at parking, and many will go further than the “California stop” (a provincial term describing “we built way too many stop signs and would get 8 mpg if we actually stopped at them”) and just blatantly ignore stop signs entirely regardless of traffic. And that’s the relatively stable car drivers… Motor- and human-powered cyclists are seemingly suicidal.

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          Different definitions of worse. Texas is basically one giant DUI, so… Yeah, worse. But also when sober they’ll drive circles around the average California driver.