[nosequel]

Interesting tidbit at the end.

> Besides costing more to repair when they’re damaged in a crash, Scherr also said, EVs are also getting in more crashes.

then

> Our work with Tesla is to look at the performance of the car, so as to lower the risk of incidence of damage

I'm curious if they are working with tesla to <reduce> the performance? Are people getting into accidents because they aren't used to teslas' acceleration vs. a typical gas car? Or are people getting into accidents for other performance reasons, eg: cornering / braking?

[stcredzero]

Are people getting into accidents because they aren't used to teslas' acceleration

Most likely. Even the lowest end Tesla can scare the pants off of a passenger who has never been in an EV before. I know this from personal experience. An EV driver noob who stomps on the pedal has a chance of panicking and death-stomping on the pedal more.

[kyleee]

Yeah I actually wish they offered a Tesla with about 1/3rd of the power and better range / smaller battery