This article apparantly shows that fatality rates of Tesla are worse than of other luxury car makers: https://medium.com/@MidwesternHedgi/teslas-driver-fatality-r...
I am pro Tesla but I don't get why they don't compare apples to apples. As if Tesla doesn't know this? And if they know then don't try to screw the comparision in your favor so that you seem better then you actually are.
Re:Tesla Q3 2018 Vehicle Safety Report
by woodandsteel on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:46PM
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You and wcoenen make some good points. That said, Tesla's safety report is a vast improvement over the highly biased reporting on this issue we have been seeing in the media.
Re:Tesla Q3 2018 Vehicle Safety Report
by prostoalex on Friday October 05, 2018 @04:38PM
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But the safety features that would prevent a collision (lane control, adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitoring) are still not prevalent in mainstream vehicles though.
Seems that most cars' safety packages are built around mitigating a crash - better bumpers, more airbags.
They are quite widespread in cars that are comparably priced with Teslas.
> lane control, adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitoring
Not sure about the US but here in Australia at least these features are available in some very low end cars.
And quite widespread in most cars sold today.
Re:Tesla Q3 2018 Vehicle Safety Report
by gamblor956 on Friday October 05, 2018 @05:22PM
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To be fair, these features don't appear to be doing a very good job of preventing collisions for Tesla vehicles either.
I wonder how the numbers would differ if they were to, for example, only compare to cars of similar years, or filter so the comparison is of the same demographic, or at the very minimum compared to cars of the same class/price.
With all that said, I love what Tesla is doing to advance safety features and technology. But these kinds of numbers leave a bad taste in my mouth.