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

  • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business
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    5 days ago

    ease up on the mo powah baby

    But… but… more power better.

    But the article seems to be about deadly accidents, and not just accidents.

    You can hit an awful lot of things at a shocking rate of speed and walk away with modern car crash design, so I’d be inclined to think it’s more than just the torque curve responsible for all the dead people.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      I’m all for mo powah baby, but only for people who can handle it. Grandma driving to the store shouldn’t be able to get their car to act like a Mustang leaving a car meet.

      Plus electric cars are a ton heavier which means way more kinetic energy which can cause worse accidents, negating some of the crash safety improvements, especially in smaller cars.