How Did Tesla Become The Benchmark For Safety So Quickly?

How Did Tesla Become The Benchmark For Safety So Quickly?
As most Tesla fans already know, Tesla’s vehicles are just about the safest on the road. Model 3 is the safest car ever tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which judged Tesla’s newest car to have the lowest probability of injury in a collision of any of the over 900 cars it has tested. In second place is Model S, and in third - you guessed it - Model X.

This sounds like, and is, an incredible achievement. How can a young company like Tesla be building cars that are safer than models from such industry giants as Volvo, Mercedes and Subaru, which have been famous for building super-safe cars for decades?


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jerseycat1010jerseycat1010 - 6/25/2019 3:15:48 PM
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Quite simply, Elon is focused on making Tesla a superior vehicle. Safety is just one aspect of that.


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/25/2019 3:51:24 PM
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The spies are really on the gravy train, aren't they?


SanJoseDriverSanJoseDriver - 6/25/2019 11:22:32 PM
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Watch the video.


valhallakeyvalhallakey - 6/26/2019 12:47:45 AM
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NOT Fake News: Safety Pick + seems to have tested only a few criteria on the model 3, maybe that is their standard test for all cars? What they did test: Frontal collision which was rated as superior; Crash avoidance which it passed both tests; Headlights which were rated good. It looks like the headlights kept it out of the top picks (https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/tesla/model-3-4-door-sedan/2018).

NHTSA on the other hand test multiple impact scenarios and once you are actually in an accident Tesla seems to be a great car to have around you (assuming it does not catch fire which seems pretty rare so far and which gasoline cars do as well but also rarely).


PUGPROUDPUGPROUD - 6/25/2019 6:10:02 PM
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Didn't Billy Joel get the idea for "We Didn't Start The Fire" while toking with Elon ?


MDarringerMDarringer - 6/25/2019 6:38:10 PM
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But autospies takes press releases and manufacturer hype as incontrovertible truth.


SanJoseDriverSanJoseDriver - 6/25/2019 11:23:33 PM
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Stats are not fake news, they are defining safe by the lowest % chance of death. If you watch the video you would understand why. Watch it at 1.5x speed and it is only 12min long.


runninglogan1runninglogan1 - 6/25/2019 7:01:14 PM
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Numbers don't lie. Model 3 IS the safest car NHTSA has ever tested. Period.


SanJoseDriverSanJoseDriver - 6/25/2019 11:17:49 PM
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Believe what you want. I'm siding with Runninglogan. The % chance of you dying in a car is lower in a Tesla based on NHSTA data.

https://www.tesla.com/blog/model-3-lowest-probability-injury-any-vehicle-ever-tested-nhtsa

Watch the video...


SanJoseDriverSanJoseDriver - 6/29/2019 5:09:20 AM
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Go to Youtube and you'll see MANY more instances of it actually working versus the few incidents where it didn't. That includes avoiding accidents that are two cars ahead of you and you can't physically see the issue (front radar bounces below the car in front of you).


skytopskytop - 6/25/2019 7:06:34 PM
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn't perform the auto spontaneous combustion fire test where Tesla would receive a FAILING grade.


FoncoolFoncool - 6/25/2019 10:15:14 PM
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Look up the LaForza which in a 1989 test broke through the NHTSA 30 mph crash barrier.


SanJoseDriverSanJoseDriver - 6/25/2019 11:27:08 PM
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The part of the video about the Model 3 battery is extremely interesting. That explains why there are no reports of Model 3 battery fires... the S/X need to switch over to this tech asap.


ggrcrashggrcrash - 6/26/2019 11:34:01 AM
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If you don't care about repair costs, it should be easy. Sure you will probably live from a tesla car accident. But your insurance for your next one will probably kill you. Just look at some of the nightmares from people who have had relatively minor car accidents with a tesla. From 10k to about 18k is not unusual...for minor stuff.


SanJoseDriverSanJoseDriver - 6/26/2019 10:12:08 PM
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They started doing same day repairs in service centers and in some cases even Mobile service. Cost and time to repair should come down significantly for fender benders and other minor incidents.


TruthyTruthy - 6/26/2019 1:27:05 PM
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Another article sourced from INSIDEEVS.com which is a mouthpiece for Elon propoganda. Autospies, you sold out.
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